This is an analysis of the poem After A Quarrel that begins with:

WE have quarreled; ugly things have been said,
Bitter things, in a tone controlled, well-bred, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbcdcdeeffbbggbbee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 20,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 1110101101 1010010111 1001111101 01001010101 11101001010110 11110010101 00111010110110 11011010101 110110010101 110011010101 01001010111 110101101111 10111101101 1101011001001 10110010111 11111110101 00011101111 10101101111 111011111011 11011010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 986
  • Average number of words per stanza: 176
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 48 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, of, for, or are repeated.

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