This is an analysis of the poem Inscriptions: Iii: Whoe'Er Thou Art Whose Pat In Summer Lies that begins with:

Whoe'er thou art whose path in summer lies
Through yonder village, turn thee where the grove... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abccXdXcXcXddacbXXcXXcdcdb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 26,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1011110101 1101011101 0101010101 10011101001 0101011101 0111010101 1101010101 11010010101 1111010111 0101011101 1011000111 11010111101 011011101 11110100101 0110010101 0101011001 01011101010 0101011101 0101011101 1101110101 01000100101 0101011101 0101110001 0101010111 1100010101 1101011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1135
  • Average number of words per stanza: 195
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (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.

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