This is an analysis of the poem The Owl Describing Her Young Ones that begins with:

Why was that baleful Creature made,
Which seeks our Quiet to invade, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaa aaa bbb ccc ddd eee ddd fff ggg fff hhh fff iii XXX jjj kXk jjj jjX lll aaa mmX nnn Xdd gee aaaXaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110101 11110001 11110101 111100100 11110001 11010101 11010001 11110101 11010101 11100101 01111101 110001111 11010101 01011101 11001101 11110101 01010111 11000111 01011100 100111001 01011101 11111101 11110111 11110111 010101010 111110110 111101010 101011101 01110001 10110001 11000111 01011111 11010111 11110011 01011101 11010101 010111001 01011101 11010101 11010111 11110111 01110010 11010101 11110101 01010101 11011101 01010001 11110011 11111011 11110101 11010111 111100011 01011101 11010011 11001101 11010101 111100011 11110101 11001101 01110101 11011111 01110101 11010101 11010101 11001101 01110101 11010101 11001111 01110011 111101110 10110101 11011001 01110101 11010101 110100111 1011011101 1101110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 26
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 108
  • Average number of words per stanza: 19
  • Amount of lines: 77
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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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