This is an analysis of the poem Shadows On The Down that begins with:
When daffodils danced in Chuck Hatch, and white clouds
Drew their own shadowy purple across the hills,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaXXbcadcXbdXc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 11011011111 111100100101 10001010111 0101110001 011100011011 1110011111 1001011101 1101010011 01010101001 11010111 111111111 01110010101 1011111101 10011111001
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 887
- Average number of words per stanza: 111
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 62 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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