This is an analysis of the poem Horse that begins with:
What does the horse give you
That I cannot give you?...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aa bcdb efghci gh ebXdhid XfX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,4,6,2,7,3,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110111 111011 11111101 111000101010 1110001 11 1111101110 110010101 111011111 11111111111 111100110 1101 1011101 010111 001111101 1001111 10111010 00111111 111010011 11111101 111110 1111111101 100100 01101001
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 128
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, i are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines you is repeated).
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