This is an analysis of the poem Under that begins with:
I
I am the undertow...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXabc XXaXbX XcdX XbdX XX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,6,4,4,2,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1 110101 101010 100010 1011011 1 11010 10010 100111 01100100 101 1 1101 1011 11101 111 011 101 11001100 11010 010
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 72
- Average number of words per stanza: 13
- Amount of lines: 21
- Average number of symbols per line: 19 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 3
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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