This is an analysis of the poem From Home that begins with:
Some men there are who cannot spare
A single tear until they feel...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaaX bccb adda
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 11111101 01010111 01110101 010101010 11010101 01111101 110101001 11010101 11111101 11010101 11010101 110011100
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 137
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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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