This is an analysis of the poem Yerba Buena that begins with:
The fragrant leaf and small white flower!
The fragile wreath my fingers twined...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABAB BCBC CDCD DEDE EFEFXFAFA
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 010111110 01011101 011101110 11000101 01011101 11001111 11000101 01111101 11001111 11011101 01111101 01010101 11011101 10010111 01010101 11011101 10010111 01110011 11011101 10010101 01110011 011101110 10010101 010111110
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 142
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 24
- 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.
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