This is an analysis of the poem Ballades Ii - Of The Book-Hunter that begins with:
IN torrid heats of late July,
In March, beneath the bitter bise, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababbbbX ababbbbX abaXbbbX X bbbX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,1,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01010101 01010101 11110101 11110101 01010101 11000101 11111101 100100100 11010101 11110101 11100011 11010100 11110001 11010111 01010101 100100100 01011111 11111111 01011101 11010101 11010101 11000100 01111111 100100100 10 11011111 11110111 11111111 100100100
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 203
- Average number of words per stanza: 34
- Amount of lines: 29
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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