This is an analysis of the poem The Dark Breed that begins with:

WITH those bawneen men I'm one,
In the grey dusk-fall, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXccbdc cbefgbdf XahcXaec ccXaieiaXaccbgchb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,17,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0110101 00111 100101 11001 0111001 10111 01010110 0100 100100 1101011 01011111 11101 01111011 11001 11010010 10011 1100111 11011 11001110 11011 010110 111001001 100100110 1001 010010 11111001 11011110 11011 11101 01101001 11011011 11011 1100111 11011 1101100 100101 11101101 1011 010110 1011011
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 240
  • Average number of words per stanza: 40
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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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  • summary of The Dark Breed;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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