This is an analysis of the poem I Wish I Was By That Dim Lake that begins with:

I wish I was by that dim Lake,
Where sinful souls their farewell take ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbbbcc ddddccee ffffggcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111111 11011111 00111111 01111111 11101 01011110 11110111 11110101 01010101 00110101 0111001011 11101011 11111 11010101 1111100001 111100101 11101111 11011101 11011101 010101011 110111 100110111 11011111 01110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 302
  • Average number of words per stanza: 52
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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