This is an analysis of the poem How Few Are We. Probably Three... that begins with:
How few are we. Probably three
In all-coallike, burning, infernal...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcc deddddXcecebd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,13,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11111001 011010010 01011001 010111010 01110101 01001111 110010110 110010110 11001011 010110010 110110001 010101101 011111010 110010010 010011001 010111010 010011110 011010010
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 214
- Average number of words per stanza: 40
- Amount of lines: 18
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, and are repeated.
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