This is an analysis of the poem Saint, Revolutionist that begins with:
Saint, revolutionist,
God and sage know well,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcbdca ccaXeefd gcgccbb hhfiiffd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,8,7,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110100 11111 11001 11111 0101010 101001 10101 100100 010100 100101 111101 111101 110101 100101 110100 10010 000100 010101 1111101 10111 111101 011110 1001110 001010 110101 11101 110011 111001 110100 111100
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 180
- Average number of words per stanza: 34
- Amount of lines: 30
- Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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