This is an analysis of the poem To The Albanian Eagle that begins with:

High amongst the clouds, above the cliffs
Sparkling in perennial snow,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXbac dbXcXa eXabed dXXbae XdXXdd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101010101 100001001 1101110 111001 101111 010001101 01010101 0100011 11010100 100101 10100101 01011011 110010 10100010 100101 010001 101011110 1010101 10100111 1110010001 1010 1010 110111 11100101 1010110 1011110 1010010 1000111 101110 10100001
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 175
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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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