This is an analysis of the poem At The British Museum that begins with:

I turn the page and read:
"I dream of silent verses where the rhyme ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXXcbXaXXccdd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 110111 10101010101 11001110 010101011 011101010 0011 10 1 011001111 011100110 010111011010101 0100111010101 1010111110 0101100011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 519
  • Average number of words per stanza: 89
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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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