This is an analysis of the poem American Sketches that begins with:
CROSSING KANSAS BY TRAIN
The telephone poles ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a bcdebdcXXebfgfcXbbXb h igXhdgahdacjdXjhia
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,20,1,18,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101011 01011 10101 11 0111 01 101 101 110 110 100 111 10010 1010 0100 1011 101 011 0010 101 0111 10001111 110010 1011 010100 111 111 1111 110 110101 0101 111 111 0110 1111 1100 110 010 01010 1011
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 164
- Average number of words per stanza: 31
- Amount of lines: 41
- Average number of symbols per line: 15 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 3
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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