This is an analysis of the poem Jeckoyva that begins with:

They made the warrior's grave beside
The dashing of his native time:... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abccadd eeffecc ddbbdaa ddggdhhXffddfbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,15,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010101 01000101 11110001 01100101 101110001 11011111 11001101 11010101 01000111 10110101 11110111 11010111 01010101 011101001 11010111 01110101 11010111 10110101 11011101 11010111 10110101 11010111 10110101 11011101 110101001 10111111 11111001 110101001 11111011 01010101 11011101 010010101 11111001 111101001 10110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 262
  • Average number of words per stanza: 48
  • Amount of lines: 35
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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