This is an analysis of the poem My God And My Lord that begins with:

Eyes are at rest, the stars are setting.
Hushed are the stirrings of birds in their nests,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXX XXX Xa bba
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,2,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111101110 1101001011 0100010 11011111 01011101 00101101001 01011101110110 110100111011 11 11010100010 1110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 100
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 11
  • 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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