This is an analysis of the poem Composed After A Journey Across The Hambleton Hills, Yorkshire that begins with:

DARK and more dark the shades of evening fell;
The wished-for point was reached--but at an hour... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXababaaccacc
  • 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 01111111110 1101010111 0101010101 100101010010 01111100101 10011100010 0100010111 11010100101 0111000101 11111101101 0101011101 1101011001 10110100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 620
  • Average number of words per stanza: 111
  • 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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