This is an analysis of the poem LXI that begins with:

Tonight I get down from my horse,
before the door of the house, where ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcd XebfXce aXaXd agedfbgg geX ceX Xgcdg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,7,5,8,3,3,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01111011 01010011 111100110 00111101 011111011 01101011110 111101 111100101 01111111011 1000011010 11010 101001 011010101 10011001011 10 0111 1010110101 101111 11010110 10010 01010010101 110111 111111 111010111 1100111 1101110111110010 11010111101 1101110 11101010110100 101110 1110010 1110111 11110110 001110101101 0111010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 176
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 35
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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