This is an analysis of the poem Evening in New Mexico that begins with:

Far off the Rio Grande crawls,
A silver serpent in the sand;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab XcXc dcdc eXeb afaf baba cgcg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 1101011 01010001 11010101 01011101 01011101 11010101 01011100 11010001 01010101 11010101 01010101 010000101 01010101 110001100 0100101001 01011101 01010111 010111001 01011001 11010101 11011101 11000101 11010111 11010101 01110001 01110101 11110101 11010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 132
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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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