This is an analysis of the poem At My Fireside that begins with:

ALONE, beneath the darkened sky,
With saddened heart and unstrung lyre,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaaaX bcbbbc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01010101 01011101 11010011 11000111 111111001 010101010 11110101 01010101 11110101 11010111 110010111 11010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 219
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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