This is an analysis of the poem A False Prophecy that begins with:

Dom Pedro, Emperor of far Brazil
(Whence coffee comes and the three-cornered nut),... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababbacc dedeedbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1101000101 1101101101 111110001 1100010011 1100110101 0101011111 0111000101 1001010111 1111010111 1101111101 1111110111 0101001101 1111000101 0101010111 1011010101 1111010011
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 329
  • Average number of words per stanza: 57
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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