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

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Lucasta wept, and still the bright... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababa XXXXX XXcXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 1 10011101 1000101 00110001 1011001 1 1101001100 01011010 11110101 110110 1 10111101 10101010 1101100 1101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 139
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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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