This is an analysis of the poem Ballade Of A Horoscope that begins with:
Astrology we sing!
Though people don't adore us...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababbcBC abXXbdBC abaXbdBCXbdBC
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,13,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 010011 1101011 0100001 1101011 1101010 110101 1101010 010101 010111 1100011 110100 111101 1111011 101111 1101010 010101 11011 1101111 110111 1101000 1111011 010111 1101010 010101 1101011 111111 1101010 010101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 175
- Average number of words per stanza: 33
- Amount of lines: 28
- Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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