This is an analysis of the poem Boo To Buddha that begins with:

So it is eighteen years,
Helena, since we met!...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXbXX ccccbb adadaX aeaebb fgfgff hihijj kakadd ajajii hbhbll dmdmcc kbkbiX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100010 100111 010110 111101 01110111 011100101 110011 111101 101001 111111 01110101 11010101 111001 110001 111101 110101 11110101 10111000 0101110 100101 0101010 111111 11111101 10110101 110001 111101 110101 111111 11001111 11011101 100111 110111 110111 111101 11110101 11110111 011101 0100101 101111 111101 11110101 11110101 100101 110111 1111001 110111 11010001 10010001 101111 111101 110011 101101 100100101 11110011 111101 110100 111101 011100 01010001 01011001 110111 111111 110101 110111 01001101 1101100
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 175
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 66
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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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