This is an analysis of the poem Spirit That Form'D Theis Scene that begins with:

SPIRIT that form'd this scene,
These tumbled rock-piles grim and red,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbbaXaXXXXaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101101 11011111 110100101 1101001101010 110101110011 111101011100010 111101110011 110111110101 010101010111000 01010101110110 1101011 1111001101101 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 708
  • Average number of words per stanza: 100
  • Amount of lines: 13
  • Average number of symbols per line: 54 (very long strings)
  • 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; these is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word these is repeated.

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