This is an analysis of the poem Ballade Of Ancient Acts that begins with:
AFTER HENLEY
Where are the wheezes they essayed ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X XabaacXC babaacXC babacaC X XcaC
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,8,8,7,1,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1010 110101100 11011101 11010101 01011101 11010101 11010101 0100010 00011111 110100111 11110101 10011101 01011111 0101011 01110101 1100101110 00011111 11010101 01010101 11010101 11010101 11011101 11010101 00011111 10 1111011010 11110011 11110101 00011111
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 167
- Average number of words per stanza: 29
- Amount of lines: 29
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
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