This is an analysis of the poem A Sorcerer Bids Farewell To Seem that begins with:

I'm through with this grand looking-glass hotel
where adjectives play croquet with flamingo nouns;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd efbefb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
  • Metre: 0100110101 110010100101 1011101101 0100010111 10111010001 1101111101 11110100101 010101101 1101010101 1101111100 1100010101 0101010101 0101010101 100110011
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 295
  • Average number of words per stanza: 50
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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