This is an analysis of the poem The Luck Of Muncaster that begins with:

A legend of merrie England.
Beside the crystal well she stood,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a aBbbcdcd efefaaXX cbXXdghX iddXagjX XbjXaXjX kbbXaXaX jbeXcdXd lXXgXilX edddXcbX dXhdibkB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01001010 01010111 11001010 11011110 10010010 01111101 1011110 11011101 1101010 11110101 0101110 01011101 1001010 110100101 1100010 01110100 0101010 110010111 1111010 01011101 0111110 01010101 1111010 11110101 1011011 111010101 0111010 11000111 1011010 01000111 01001010 01011001 010101 10010100 1001010 11110100 0111100 110111011 1111110 11010101 1101110 10010101 11011010 11110100 11110100 11011111 1101010 111101001 10001100 11110111 1111110 11110101 0110110 11011101 0111010 01110100 1101010 11110111 1100100 11110100 0001110 11110011 1101110 110101001 1111011 010100101 1101010 11010111 1111010 01110001 0111001 101111010 1101010 01011111 0101010 11000101 1101010 11010101 0101010 11111100 11001010
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 240
  • Average number of words per stanza: 44
  • Amount of lines: 81
  • 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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