This is an analysis of the poem Iv. To The River Wenbeck that begins with:

AS slowly wanders thy forsaken stream,
Wenbeck! the mossy-scatter'd rocks among, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaacacdedede
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1101010101 1001010101 0101110101 0011011111 0111010001 10110100111 11010110001 1101110101 0111010101 1111110101 1001010111 11110100111 0111010101 0101100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 601
  • Average number of words per stanza: 105
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (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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