This is an analysis of the poem He Was Lucky that begins with:
The old man
leaves his house, carries books....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Abbc XbdX XAcdb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,5,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 011 101101 010101001 10001 011101 01011001 0111 010111101 011 10111 10111 01
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 95
- Average number of words per stanza: 19
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 20 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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