This is an analysis of the poem May 26 that begins with:
In Rotterdam I'm
going to speak about...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcdeXfeXXaXfXaXgfbgdXXcbg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 26,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01010 100101 010100 1010001 10101 1001010 1100 1001 11011 110100 00101 0110100 1110 101100 11001 010001 11110 101010 010000100 10110 10010 0111 01111 111100 10101 1010
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 541
- Average number of words per stanza: 97
- Amount of lines: 26
- Average number of symbols per line: 20 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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