This is an analysis of the poem The Torch that begins with:
ON my northwest coast in the midst of the night, a fishermen's group
stands watching;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaaXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111100100101001 110 110110101010110 10 0010110011010110 100101101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 282
- Average number of words per stanza: 46
- Amount of lines: 6
- Average number of symbols per line: 46 (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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