This is an analysis of the poem I Wandered Lonely As A Cloud (Daffodils) that begins with:

I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er vales and hills,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababbb cdcdee dddXffXdadabb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010101 111110111 11111101 01010101 01010101 100110001 010010111 11010101 11010101 01010001 11011101 10110101 01010111 100100101 01011101 01010100 11111101 11010111 11111111 01010101 11011101 10010101 11110101 11000101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 203
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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