This is an analysis of the poem Thought Of A Briton On The Subjugation Of Switzerland that begins with:

TWO Voices are there; one is of the sea,
One of the mountains; each a mighty Voice:... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbXaccaddaeea
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1101110001 1001010101 0101011101 1011010100 1101010101 11011111010 10111111110 1101010111 0111111001 1111011101 11101110100 1101110101 1101000101 1101010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 622
  • Average number of words per stanza: 115
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (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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