This is an analysis of the poem A Hunting Song that begins with:

Hunters, where does Hope nest?
Not in the half-oped breast,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbbcbc dedeaafgfghhhgghhaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,19,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101111 1001101 1011 110111 0011110 0111 1001010 101111 1111010 101 1001010 01111 111101 111 11110 101101 101110 1111001 1011001 1001001 1011111 1001001 0011001 1011111 1011101 1011001 001011011
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 386
  • Average number of words per stanza: 74
  • Amount of lines: 27
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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