This is an analysis of the poem Winter On The Zuyder Zee that begins with:

The world has grown unreal to-day
Far out upon the Zuyder Zee ! ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aAbbccA adeeffa gghheea aaggXia ggccjja cckkcca bXlliia mmjjdaa mmnniiooa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01110101 11010101 11010101 01010101 11010001 11110111 11010101 01000111 11010100 01011101 01110111 01010101 01011101 110100101 01010101 01110101 01011100 01000101 11010111 01011101 01010101 11111111 11010101 00101101 11110101 011111100 11111101 01010101 11011101 111101010 11110011 01011101 11000111 11010111 01010101 01010111 01010101 01010101 01110111 01010101 11110101 11010101 11110110 01110110 11001111 110110001 01010001 11111101 01010101 01011101 01111101 11110111 11110111 01010100 01011101 11110101 11010101 11011111 11010111 01010111 11000111 01000101 11010101 01010101 11110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 247
  • Average number of words per stanza: 45
  • Amount of lines: 65
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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