This is an analysis of the poem In An Old Book that begins with:
Forgotten between the leaves of an old book—
almost a hundred years old—...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXcX c abdeXXefXdbef
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,1,13,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 01001010111 1101001 111011010 0110010010010 0101000000100 1000110001101001 010011111101 0110011010101 10110010 11101011 11011111110 0101010100100 001111 0110001 010001001 0101111 1000100101 1011111 1100100110
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 255
- Average number of words per stanza: 45
- Amount of lines: 19
- Average number of symbols per line: 39 (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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