This is an analysis of the poem Pillared Arch And Sculptured Tower that begins with:
Pillared arch and sculptured tower
Of Ilium have had their hour; ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbbccXa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10111010 01011110 010100101 1010101 100100101 1111101 1010101 1110101 01010100
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 292
- Average number of words per stanza: 56
- Amount of lines: 9
- 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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