This is an analysis of the poem Lucasta's World that begins with:

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Cold as the breath of winds that blow ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bbcXXXdd X XXeXeXcc X ffeXeaXe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,8,1,8,1,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 11010111 01010101 10011101 0101010 11010101 01100110 1110101 01011101 1 11100101 01001110 10011101 1101010 01010101 100101 1110101 10110101 1 1101011010 110101010 111110001 0100100 11011111 111011 110111100 11100111
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 143
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 27
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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