This is an analysis of the poem V.R. 1819-1901 (A Reverie.) that begins with:

Moments the mightiest pass calendared,
And when the Absolute... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabbaXbcdccddc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic tetrameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 10010011000 110101 0101100101 011101 10101110111101 010100101010000 110111 10110100101 011001 0101010111 101111 110100110100 110110011111 1100011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 599
  • Average number of words per stanza: 97
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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