This is an analysis of the poem Kennack Sands that begins with:

On Kennack Sands the sun
Shines, and the fresh wind blows,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbcdeaefffdggfhabahbeehaiibX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 30,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110101 110111 101101 101101 10101 111001 1010101 1000101 111101 111101 100111 011101 101101 010101 010101 100100 111101 110111 10011 010011 011001 01101 00101 111110 1101111 111111 110101 101111 00101110 100110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 806
  • Average number of words per stanza: 137
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (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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