This is an analysis of the poem The Thames At Mortlake that begins with:

if only for ten minutes
after the mass feeding of schoolchildren... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bX cac d ee Xbc efX f XXe X efX Xd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,2,3,1,2,3,3,1,3,1,3,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0101110 1001100110 100101000001 111 0101 11110001 0010101 10110100 01101000 01000 1 1 1001101 011101111 10100 1011100 1011 111110100 101011 100010010 1101010 1 1001001 1100101 1111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 51
  • Average number of words per stanza: 9
  • Amount of lines: 25
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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