This is an analysis of the poem The Empty Nest that begins with:

I saunter all about the pleasant place
You made thrice pleasant, O my friends, to me;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdefefff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
  • Metre: 1101010101 1111011101 11111101001 11010010001 0101100101 1101011101 1111110111 001011100001 1101010101 1001010111 11000111001 1011110100 1101110111 1101001101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 620
  • Average number of words per stanza: 105
  • 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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