This is an analysis of the poem Xxiii: Crossing Alone The Nighted Ferry that begins with:
Crossing alone the nighted ferry
With the one coin for fee,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXb acac
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 100101010 001111 11010110 110111 0111001110 011101 011100110 111001
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 131
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 8
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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