This is an analysis of the poem Three Balls that begins with:

JABOWSKY'S place is on a side street and only the rain washes the dusty three balls.
When I passed the window a month ago, there rested in proud...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaaXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100101011110011001011 1110100101110011010 0100100101101010101001 1010010100111011101001010 11011101110011010011010110111111011010110001010110100100011 1001100101101010011011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 648
  • Average number of words per stanza: 121
  • Amount of lines: 6
  • Average number of symbols per line: 107 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 20
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; with is repeated.

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