This is an analysis of the poem The Torrent that begins with:

Here is a tale for workmen and their masters:
There was a torrent once that down a mountain... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbacaacdcadcX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 10011101110 11010111010 10100101010 100111001010 10010101010 01010111110 11110111010 01110101010 11011101010 10010111010 100100001010 10010101010 1010100011110 01010101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 641
  • Average number of words per stanza: 117
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, it are repeated.

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