This is an analysis of the poem Song—yonder Pomp Of Costly Fashion that begins with:

MARK yonder pomp of costly fashion
Round the wealthy, titled bride:... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababb ccdccddd Xecee ffgaaeXg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,8,5,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110101010 1010101 11010110 1011101 110111010 1101010 1101010 01101010011 010101 110101 110011 010101 1101011101 101111010 0100001 101101100100 1000101 10111 1101010 1110010 0101010110101 010101 0101001 1100101 010100 111100111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 209
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 29
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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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