This is an analysis of the poem As Once The Winged Energy Of Delight that begins with:

As once the winged energy of delight
carried you over childhood's dark abysses,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaX bcbc dXdX aebe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1101100001 10110101100 101111101 10101010 101001101 010101010 11000111010 01011101010 01010010100 0101011111 01011100110 1101010101 1110101101 0111010011 1000001 1010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 151
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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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