This is an analysis of the poem Clouds Above The Sea that begins with:

My father and mother, two tiny figures,
side by side, facing the clouds that move...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABXcadedXecX aaXfeXdfABcX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,12,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011011010 111100111 000010101 0110010101 0111101110 1010111111 11110010100 1111011101 1010101111 1110101010 00100111101 0010101011 11100101001 1011101101 1111100110 11100111001 1111100100 1110010110 1110101001 111110111 11011011010 111100111 0000101110 1001100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 499
  • Average number of words per stanza: 98
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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