This is an analysis of the poem We Meet At The Judgment And I Fear It Not that begins with:

Though better men may fear that trumpet's warning,
I meet you, lady, on the Judgment morning,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaa bbccddee ffggaabbhh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,8,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11011111010 11110101010 01011101010 1111111111 0111010101 0101111111 11110110101 1101001101 0101000101 0101111101 1111001101 1110111111 0101001111 1111110111 01110011001 1101010101 1101110111 1110010101 111111001 0101010111 1101010011
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 311
  • Average number of words per stanza: 58
  • Amount of lines: 22
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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