This is an analysis of the poem Of A Greek Poem that begins with:

Crave no more that antique rapture
Now in alien song to reach:...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd XeXe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110110 10100101 11111010 1010101 10001010 1010101 10101010 1000101 11101010 1100101 1011111 1111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 121
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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