This is an analysis of the poem Verses Written In An Album that begins with:

Far above the hollow
Tempest, and its moan, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababccbdedeXXe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic trimeter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 101010 10101 101010 00101 111011 101011 10101 111011 01111 111111 00101 101010 101100 0111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 331
  • Average number of words per stanza: 61
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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