This is an analysis of the poem The Wan Sun Westers, Faint And Slow that begins with:

The wan sun westers, faint and slow;
The eastern distance glimmers gray;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababbcbc dcdccXcc Xebeefef
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01110111 01010101 11011101 01010101 10011101 010101011 010010101 110010111 11010101 11011101 11010011 01110101 01010111 010100010 01111001 01110101 01010100 11110101 11110111 01000101 110100111 01011101 11000101 01010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 281
  • Average number of words per stanza: 49
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.

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

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