This is an analysis of the poem Four Of A Kind that begins with:

ROBERT F. MORROW
Dear man! although a stranger and a foe... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X aabbccddeefgf h hXhhiiaa j kkggllmmdd kXjjeeiilleejjll
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,13,1,8,1,10,16,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 10110 1111010101 0110010101 1110110111 010101001001 1111010011 1101011101 1101011001 1110010001 0100111111 1111010111 1011110011 11110110 01 10111 0100101010010 01000100110 11010101110 01110011010 11010111001 1101011101 01000100101 0011011101 110 1001000101 0111010101 1101011101 0111010111 0101010001 1001010011 1101110011 1101100101 1011011111 1101110101 11 10011101001 0110100101 1101110101 1101000101 1101010101 01001011011 01001010101 1111010001 0101010101 1101110101 1001110101 0110010001 1111011101 0101011001
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 235
  • Average number of words per stanza: 44
  • Amount of lines: 52
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; your, to, you, and are repeated.

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