This is an analysis of the poem Les Millwin that begins with:
The little Millwins attend the Russian Ballet.
The mauve and greenish souls of the little Millwins...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXab acX baX bdd Xc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,3,3,3,2,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: rondeau
- Metre: 010100101001 011101001010 0110010101 11100110 01001010010110 0100100001 1010 01010011 1011010100110 01011001001010 1010101011 0111100111101 001010 11111001 1010110001
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 118
- Average number of words per stanza: 20
- Amount of lines: 15
- Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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