This is an analysis of the poem Stupra Ii that begins with:

Our buttocks are not theirs.
I have often seen people unbuttoned behind some hedge; ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXX aaXa bbXX cacX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110111 11101100100111 101101011011 11001011010011 100101010010101 1010110 1100010001010 10110110 010110000100111110 0010010010 1010101 1011010 111001011 101101 1011001001 101101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 164
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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