This is an analysis of the poem Jack Cornstalk As A Poet that begins with:
“Not from the seas does he draw inspiration,
Not from the rivers that croon on their bars;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab caca XdXdXcdcd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,9,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10011111010 1001011111 1010111010 101101001 0111110 111101 111010 111111 1101010 110101 1100011 0011101 1111010 011101 0111010 0011101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 117
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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