This is an analysis of the poem Village Mystery that begins with:

The woman in the pointed hood
And cloak blue-gray like a pigeon's wing, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab caca dada dede
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 01000101 111110101 110100101 110101 00111101 01110101 111010101 1110101 11111101 11010011 11010101 1010001 11011111 11000101 11111101 111011
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 133
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.

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