This is an analysis of the poem 'Twas The Old—road—through Pain that begins with:
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X aaaa bbbbbcd ddbdeXabbcbe
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,7,12,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1 101111 110001 0100111 11110 010111 111101 1111 010111 1111 11110101 111101 110101 011111 0101 10111101 0111 0101011 10101 0101 11011 11101 0101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 114
- Average number of words per stanza: 21
- Amount of lines: 23
- 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:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
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