This is an analysis of the poem Lucasta Laughing that begins with:

Heark, how she laughs aloud,
Although the world put on its shrowd: ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXabbccXXXdddeeeeffff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 21,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111101 11011101 11100101 111111 0011010101 1101 1101001 11110100 110111 1010 11011 1111 1100010111 11110101 01100101 11010111 11100111 010111 101101 101001 010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 636
  • Average number of words per stanza: 111
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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