This is an analysis of the poem Going And Staying that begins with:
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The moving sun-shapes on the spray,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a abaab X cbccb X dbddb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,5,1,5,1,5,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1 01011101 010101110 11010111 10011111 11010 1 10010101 0101001010 01010101 10011111 11010 1 11110011 110101010 01110101 11000101 01010
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 85
- Average number of words per stanza: 15
- Amount of lines: 18
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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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