This is an analysis of the poem Composed By The Side Of Grasmere Lake 1806 that begins with:

CLOUDS, lingering yet, extend in solid bars
Through the grey west; and lo! these waters, steeled... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbaabbacacaaX
  • 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: 11001010101 10111111010 11001010101 0101010001 1101010101 0101010001 1101001101 1101010101 0001010101 100010010111 01110110101 11011100101 1101100101 10011000010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 610
  • Average number of words per stanza: 104
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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