This is an analysis of the poem Pale Are The Words I Build For My Delight that begins with:

Pale are the words I build for my delight
To house in; pale as the chill mist that holds... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababacc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1101111101 0101101111 11011100101 1101101101 1111101101 1111110001 1111111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 301
  • Average number of words per stanza: 60
  • Amount of lines: 7
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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