This is an analysis of the poem Pole-Vellum, Cornwall that begins with:

A PICTURESQUE COTTAGE AND GROUNDS BELONGING TO J. LEMON, ESQ.
Stranger! mark this lovely scene,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X aabbccddaabbccXXaaddbbeedd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,26,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0100101101001101 1010101 1010101 110100101 01111101 1010101 1010111 11110101 11111011 11011101 11110101 11010101 11010001 11101101 01111101 11011101 01111110 11000101 01010101 111100111 01110111 01111101 11010101 01011101 11110111 10011111 01000101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 503
  • Average number of words per stanza: 89
  • Amount of lines: 27
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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