This is an analysis of the poem Written With A Pencil Upon A Stone In The Wall Of The House, On The Island At Grasmere that begins with:

Rude is this Edifice, and Thou hast seen
Buildings, albeit rude, that have maintained ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdefgbdhcXhgebXbadXafXcbXcfX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 30,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1001001111 1001011101 01010100101 0101010011 1100010101 01000110111 0011010011 0101010101 0101010101 0101110101 0111001001 1101110011 1111111100 1101011011 0101001111 0111110001 1101110011 0100110111 0101011101 0101100101 0101010101 1101011111 1101111001 1001010011 11110101001 0011111001 111010110101 1001010111 0101010101 1111000101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1333
  • Average number of words per stanza: 228
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • 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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