This is an analysis of the poem At Night Chinamen Jump that begins with:

At night Chinamen jump
on Asia with a thump...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabb cc dd ee cc ff ff cc gg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111001 110001 101101 10101 0100111 111101 011101 10111 110101 110101 100110 101010 11111 11101 01101 11011 010101 11111 110001 0101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 55
  • Average number of words per stanza: 10
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • 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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