This is an analysis of the poem Fate that begins with:
Alas, alas, for the tourist's guide!
He turned from the beaten trail aside,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaa bbb ccc ddd eee
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,3,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: rondeau
- Metre: 010110101 110010101 100101111 110010001 010010101 110010101 010100101 010110101 1010100101 010100101 010010011 01010001 011101001 101111010 0101100101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 109
- Average number of words per stanza: 20
- Amount of lines: 15
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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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