This is an analysis of the poem Deserted Nests that begins with:
I'd rather see an empty bough,-
A dreary, weary bough that hung... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcb Xdad Xece
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 11011101 01010111 11010111 11011101 11010111 01001101 11101011 11101011 10110001 11010111 01000101 01111101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 131
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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