This is an analysis of the poem Spain 1873-'74 that begins with:

OUT of the murk of heaviest clouds,
Out of the feudal wrecks, and heap'd-up skeletons of kings,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXXbXXXc XXcXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 100101001 10010111110001 1011010101001010100 10010100100101 1101011001101 010111 011011010100 0101001001 10011 111011010 11111011010111 11111010101111 1110101101010 1101110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 360
  • Average number of words per stanza: 58
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 51 (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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, out, thee are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words out, a, thou are repeated.

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