This is an analysis of the poem Homer Clapp that begins with:

Often Aner Clute at the gate
Refused me the parting kiss,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaXXbXcXXdXcaXbdbc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 19,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101101 0110101 1011001011 1100101001 1110111101 0010110010 1100101011101 110100 111110100100 10101011010 01010101 00010 010011101 111101011011001 000101000101 010101101 1111111011 1101111010 01011011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 720
  • Average number of words per stanza: 143
  • Amount of lines: 19
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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