This is an analysis of the poem Some Starlit Garden Grey With Dew that begins with:

Some starlit garden grey with dew,
Some chamber flushed with wine and fire,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cXcX cdcd XeXe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11010101 110101110 11011111 1101010 01011111 11011110 010010000 010101 11010111 010001001 01010101 010101 01110101 10110101 110011101 010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 124
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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