This is an analysis of the poem San Simeon Hill Zebras that begins with:

Drifters, if they could be.
Sometimes, when they think...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaX XbX bXX abXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,3,3,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic trimeter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 100110 01111 11010 110110 11111 0101001 0101100 1111011 111111 011101001 010110 001111 11111 1011011
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 98
  • Average number of words per stanza: 17
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; they, hooves are repeated.

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