This is an analysis of the poem Sunset On The River that begins with:
A Sea of onyx are the skies,
Cloud-islanded with fire;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXaXXX X bXbacc X Xcacdd X ededff
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,1,6,1,6,1,6,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01010101 1100010 1110111 011101 11011111 10000100 1 11010001 1101110 01011101 0101010 01011111 01010101 1 01010110 0101010 01010011 1101010 010111101 11010101 1 10110101 1111010 01110001 1101010 01110111 11010101
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 113
- Average number of words per stanza: 21
- Amount of lines: 27
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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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