This is an analysis of the poem The Wise Brothers that begins with:
FIRST VOICE
So long adrift, so fast aground, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a bbCaac a ddCeec aXeeCccc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,6,1,6,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11 11011101 11110111 10110 110110101 11110110 11110 101 10011101 11010100 10110 10010001 11110001 11110 11 11010101 11110111 10110 100010101 11111101 11110
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 98
- Average number of words per stanza: 18
- Amount of lines: 23
- Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
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