This is an analysis of the poem Could I But Ride Indefinite that begins with:
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X abab Xbcb XXXX XcXX Xc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,4,2,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1 11110100 110111 11010111 111101 11110101 110111 11010101 110101 0101010 111011 11111000 0101010 1110100010 010101 11011111 11010010 11001101 110101
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 82
- Average number of words per stanza: 16
- Amount of lines: 19
- 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 punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
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