This is an analysis of the poem Lament For Three Brothers that begins with:

They flit about, the yellow birds,
And rest upon the jujubes find....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbCB DefeGG FFbF AbCB DefeGG FFbF AbCB DedeGGXFFbF
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,6,4,4,6,4,4,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010101 110101001 11000111 01010101 11011111 11011101 11010101 11110111 10010111 10011101 11011101 011111010 01110111 010111010 11010101 110110111 11000111 01010101 11011111 11011101 11110101 01110011 10010111 10011101 11011101 011111010 01110111 010111010 11010101 11010111 11000111 01010101 11011111 11011101 010101001 01000111 10010111 10011101 11011101 011111010 01110111 010111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 164
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 42
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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