This is an analysis of the poem Sun And Shadow that begins with:
As I look from the isle, o'er its billows of green,
To the billows of foam-crested blue,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd aeaefcfc ghghieie
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1110011001001 001001101 11101001001 11011001 11001111001 101001001 11101111101 01101101 101001001001 01011011 11011001111 11111001 11001011001 001101001 111101101101 1001001001 11001001101 11101011 01011111001 11101111 11011101111 11111101 11101011001 11111001
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 407
- Average number of words per stanza: 67
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 51 (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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