This is an analysis of the poem Columbus that begins with:
ST. STEPHEN'S cloistered hall was proud
In learning's pomp that day, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcbccb dXdefeef egeghhh aiaijgjjg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,8,7,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11010111 010111 11011101 110101 01000101 011111 11010101 11010101 0111001 010111 1101110111110101 111101 01000101 111101 110101001 11000101 110101 1011011 110111 11010101 110101 111001111 11011101 010111 10110111 0100101 11110111 110101 1110101 111101 11010101 11110001 1100101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 284
- Average number of words per stanza: 46
- Amount of lines: 33
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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