This is an analysis of the poem The Convent that begins with:
If chance some pensive stranger, hither led,
His bosom glowing from majestic views,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbacddceaaeee
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 0111010101 0101000101 101101011001 1111010101 0101000101 0111000101 1000110101 0101110101 10111001110 0111010111 1111000101 1011010101 11010100101 0111010101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 611
- Average number of words per stanza: 108
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (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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