This is an analysis of the poem Dan that begins with:
EARLY May, after cold rain the sun baffling cold wind.
Irish setter pup finds a corner near the cellar door, all sun and no wind,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaXXa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10110110110011 1010110101010111111 1011101001101 111010100011 10101010011110111010111
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 325
- Average number of words per stanza: 59
- Amount of lines: 5
- Average number of symbols per line: 64 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 12
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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