This is an analysis of the poem To Hang Our Head&Mdash;Ostensibly that begins with:
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To hang our head—ostensibly—... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X XXXX XXaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1 0111000000 110001 1111010 0101010 0101010 1011010 1000011101 010101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 83
- Average number of words per stanza: 13
- Amount of lines: 9
- Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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