This is an analysis of the poem From A Window In Princes Street that begins with:

Above the Crags that fade and gloom
Starts the bare knee of Arthur's Seat;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababXcXcdedeee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic tetrameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 01011111 10110101 11010101 01110111 011000101 110010101 110111100 10010101 100100101 010100101 110100101 10010111 010100111 11010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 507
  • Average number of words per stanza: 84
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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