This is an analysis of the poem Song—by Allan Stream that begins with:
BY Allan stream I chanc'd to rove,
While Phoebus sank beyond Benledi;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXabcbcb dbdXeXXX fgfgeded
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110111001 110101100 011100101 010111010 11000101 111101010 11011101 1010111110 1010001010 110101010 110101010 01111111 01011101 110101110 110010110 0101111100 01110111 010101010 11010101 010001110 11110101 110101010 11110101 110011010
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 297
- Average number of words per stanza: 53
- Amount of lines: 26
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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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