This is an analysis of the poem Young Greedyguts that begins with:

Cap of silk moiré, little wand of ivory,
Clothes very dark. ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXaX X X XXXa XXX XXX XXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,1,1,4,3,3,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111010100 1101 110010 1110111 01101110 01001 11 10 01 10 01 1011 11 10 10 10 11 1 10 11
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 48
  • Average number of words per stanza: 8
  • Amount of lines: 23
  • Average number of symbols per line: 14 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 2
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Young Greedyguts;
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