This is an analysis of the poem The Giant Cactus Of Arizona that begins with:

The cactus in the desert stands
Like time's inviolate sentinel, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababab cdcdcX dedede bfbfbf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01000101 110100100 10011101 11110101 10110101 01011111 10111100 01011101 11010111 01111101 11000101 10010100 11110111 11110101 101101111 01011101 11010111 010100101 01001111 01010101 10101110 10010111 10111101 01110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 210
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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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