This is an analysis of the poem Inscription 07 - For A Tablet On The Banks Of A Stream that begins with:

Stranger! awhile upon this mossy bank
Recline thee. If the Sun rides high, the breeze,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXabaaXbXXXccXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1001010101 0110011101 11010100100 0101111011 0101011111 01010010101 11001010101 1101110101 1011110101 01011100101 11001110101 1101010101 0101011101 0101111100 1101000111 0100111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 698
  • Average number of words per stanza: 124
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (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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