This is an analysis of the poem Gray November that begins with:
Dull, dimly gleaming,
The dawn looks downward... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXacddc X bddbadXa X accXeaae
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,1,8,1,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11010 01110 11010 01010 01010 11110 01010111010 10010111110 1 11110 01010 11010 11010 10110 01010 11110101110 01110001110 1 11010 01010 01110 010110 11110 11110 01011101010 10011110010
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 140
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 26
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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