This is an analysis of the poem The English Graves that begins with:

The rains of yesterday are flown,
And light is on the farthest hills;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cbcb dede bfbf ghgh gbgb dbdb ijij gbgbXghgh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01010111 11010101 010011101 01001 10110101 10010101 11010101 00111 01010110 01010101 01010101 0101 11010101 11010111 100111001 00101 11110011 11000101 10010101 1101 01011111 010100001 110101001 0101 11011101 01000111 01000101 1101 1001100101 11111111 11011111 1111 11110101 110010100 11110101 0101 01010101 11011111 10110101 0101
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 129
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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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