This is an analysis of the poem Biography that begins with:

Arthur Rimbaud (1854-1891) Jean Nicolas Arthur Rimbaud, a French poet, was born Oct.20,1854, in Charleville. His childhood was marred by a...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XX X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,1,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010111100101001101110100011111010001100010110100001011001000100110101010100111101010100010001010011001010010110010101001110101010110110110101001001101001011010110010111111010110011010101011011111011010101011 01010011011101010010110100100010010110101010001101010010101011101010010100010000111100111011010001011100100010110011101010100010110010101110011101101011010000100110110010010101100001110110 001011011010010011010011011101110101110111010011100110101101010011101011010100111010101101101010111101011101010001110
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 964
  • Average number of words per stanza: 170
  • Amount of lines: 3
  • Average number of symbols per line: 643 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 113
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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