This is an analysis of the poem An Hymn To The Evening that begins with:

SOON as the sun forsook the eastern main
The pealing thunder shook the heav'nly plain;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccXddeeffddaaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 1101010101 0101010101 0100100101 100001001001 1101010111 1101110101 110111011 1 1011000101 1111010101 0101001101 1001011101 1101010001 1101011101 1101110101 1101000101 1111000101 1101011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 774
  • Average number of words per stanza: 134
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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