This is an analysis of the poem Dark The Moods that begins with:

Dark the moods.
Dark too those attitudes....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AABC AADC adcc Xaec AADC AABC dAA aAAXBBec
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,3,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101 111101 01110010101 1111010 101 111101 11111011 1111100101 11011010 111111 10110001 110001 1101111 111 1101000 00100010011 101 111101 11111011 1111100101 101 111101 01110010101 1111010 110110101111 101 111101 1101111111 101 111101 110010111 110010111 1100101111 1010
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 106
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 34
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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