This is an analysis of the poem The Lily Has A Smooth Stalk that begins with:
The lily has a smooth stalk,
Will never hurt your hand; ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XabaXcdcdbXb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0101011 010111 10101010 010001 11001101 110001 1100110 0010101 101110 1101010 11010101 1101110
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 339
- Average number of words per stanza: 66
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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