This is an analysis of the poem Grey Sparrow Addresses The Mind's Ear that begins with:

In the Japanese tongue of the mind's eye one two syllable word tells of the fringe of rain clinging to the eaves and of the grey-green fronds of wild...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0010110011111001100101100011001110110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 158
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 1
  • Average number of symbols per line: 158 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 31
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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