This is an analysis of the poem I. Written At Tinemouth, Northumberland, After A Tempestuous Voyage. that begins with:

AS slow I climb the cliff's ascending side,
Much musing on the track of terror past ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbacbbcdbbdbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1111010101 1101010101 11001110101 1111110101 11001011101 0101101100 1101011111 0101110101 0110110101 1101111101 0101011101 1011110101 0111010101 1001010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 644
  • Average number of words per stanza: 115
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (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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