This is an analysis of the poem High Mountains that begins with:

The sun peeks out
From behind the high mountains,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABAcBd ebfbbg dhfead fdXebb ibacXb XgXcbcb Xbacib cehebc hcceacXABAcBd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,7,6,6,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0111 0010110 10101001 01001011 00110 101010101 101001 101 01101 101011 010101 100100 100110 0010110 01011 0111 10100101 1101111 1101 11101 11110 010101 100100 0110 00111 0110 010101 0100101010 101010011 001 01010101 010010101000 1100100 01010 0010110 1011 001001 11101 1101 101011 01101010 1101 110011 0101111 11010 10111010100 0101010 1010101 1101 1011110 111111 10111 1101011010 1101010 011 0111 0010110 10101001 1001011 00110 011010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 154
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 61
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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