This is an analysis of the poem Xxii: R L S that begins with:
Home is the sailor, home from sea:
Her far-borne canvas furled... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXaX bcbcXabab
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10010101 0111010 01110101 010001 10010001 100101 11110100 1100101 11010111 010101 10010001 010001
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 124
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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