This is an analysis of the poem Black Harry's Team that begins with:

No soft-skinned Durham steers are they,
No Devons plump and red, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd efefgaga egegebeb cbcbhfhf cacaibib jijibibi
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110111 110111 11011101 110101 11011101 010101 11011101 111101 11111101 011101 11011101 111111 11011101 110101 11011101 010111 11110111 011111 1100111001 111101 11011111 110111 11010101 010101 11011101 110111 11001101 011101 11010001 110101 01010101 110101 01010101 011101 01010111 111101 110111001 010111 11110101 110111 11011101 010111 11010001 011101 01011001 011101 11011101 010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 261
  • Average number of words per stanza: 46
  • Amount of lines: 53
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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