This is an analysis of the poem Fountain’s Abbey that begins with:

NEVER more, when the day is o'er,
Will the lonely vespers sound;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xaba caaa deee ccXc fdXd Xfbf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101101010 0010101 1111011110 1011101 01110101010 1110101 101001001111 110010101 1111101001 1101111 10111100101 01101101 110110111 010111 11010110101 0100101 111011101 010101 110010101010 1110101 1100111101 1111101 1111011101 00100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 148
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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