This is an analysis of the poem King Solomon And The Hoopoe that begins with:

The hoopoe stood submissively at King Solomon's door
And said: Help me, my Lord, help...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXabbcdcXaedbdbbbee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 19,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011110000111001 1111111 11101110100 11110101 1111101001 1101010101000110 1110010 100011010 00110101001 0011010101001110 011101001 10010101010 0001001010001 10010101101 111011101 1100111 010101 0111 1001110010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 728
  • Average number of words per stanza: 139
  • Amount of lines: 19
  • 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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