This is an analysis of the poem Light As The Linnet On My Way I Start that begins with:
LIGHT as the linnet on my way I start,
For all my pack I bear a chartered heart.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaabb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1101011111 1111110101 1101010111 10011111001 00101010111
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 215
- Average number of words per stanza: 42
- Amount of lines: 5
- Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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