This is an analysis of the poem For Tat that begins with:
O, heavenly powers! will wonders never cease?
Hair upon dogs and feathers upon geese!... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabXbbccddee
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 110010010101 1011110011 01010101010 01010101110 0111000101 0101010101 0101000101 0101010001 1101110001 0111110111 0111110111 1101110101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 477
- Average number of words per stanza: 88
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
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