This is an analysis of the poem Rain Along Shore that begins with:
Wan white mists upon the sea,
East wind harping mournfully... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXbbaC ddeeaC ffggaC bbddaC hhddaC
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1110101 1110100 1010101 1111001 1100101 1011101 1010101 1110001 1000101 1011111 1100101 1011101 1010101 1010111 1110011 0010111 1010111 1011101 1011111 1010101 1011101 1010111 1011101 1011101 1010111 100111001 1011101 10010001 1110111 1011101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 172
- Average number of words per stanza: 32
- Amount of lines: 30
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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