This is an analysis of the poem Tampico that begins with:
Oh, cut me reeds to blow upon,
Or gather me a star, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXa XbXb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11110101 110101 110101010 10111 1111101 110101 111101010 10101
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 155
- Average number of words per stanza: 22
- Amount of lines: 8
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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