This is an analysis of the poem Oh Shadow on the Grass that begins with:
Oh Shadow on the Grass,
Art thou a Step or not?... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AbbbAaba
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111101 110111 11111100 110101 111101 110101 11011101 110101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 201
- Average number of words per stanza: 38
- Amount of lines: 8
- Average number of symbols per line: 24 (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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