This is an analysis of the poem After The Flood that begins with:

As soon as the idea of the Deluge had subsided,
A hare stopped in the clover and swaying flowerbells, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXX aaXXb Xcde cfec gccgh badee fXaef cdXachcX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,5,4,4,5,5,5,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111001000101010 0110010110100 11010011 10101 1010110101 10101010101 0010111011 11010101 111011 11111 110100100 1010010111 1111101 100100101 00111110 100101 1010010 011100101 0101101 1011101 11110101 001010 10010010001 11110001010 1010101000010 101111011011 001001100101 10100111010 0101001 11000101100010 10010011010 100110101 111110111001 11110100110111 101101110101 111101010 101011010101010 001001010111010 0010101011111 111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 210
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (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; in, of, and are repeated.

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