This is an analysis of the poem Songs Of The Grass that begins with:

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Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbcbcdbabXeeeXXadadfefebdbdXXbdeedXghhgbadda
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 45,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 101 111101 0010111 110101 1101001 11001001 011111 11001001 110111 010111 00101011 10100101 00101101 1 1010 1010101 1010101 1011001 1010111 1110101 1010111 0110101 1111101 1110101 1111101 1011001 1010111 1 0100 010111 101111 1111 101001 001001 1111111 01001 101011 10101 10101 1110111 101101 10111 101001 11001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1119
  • Average number of words per stanza: 225
  • Amount of lines: 45
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (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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