This is an analysis of the poem When I Set Out For Lyonnesse that begins with:
When I set out for Lyonnesse,
A hundred miles away,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XAaXXA XBbXXB XCcXXC
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111110 0101001 011101 1111110000 1111110 0101001 1110110 111101 110101 10010101 1110110 111101 1111010 010011 110101 110011100 1111010 010011
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 172
- Average number of words per stanza: 31
- 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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