This is an analysis of the poem Curfew that begins with:
I.
Solemnly, mournfully,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a Xbbb cdXd cefX cbGB X hada caca fhhhXebGB
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,4,1,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1 100100 1001 0101 001001 10010 11101 110010 11001 11010 1100010 110010 11101 110010 11001 110100 1101 1 010010 11101 10111100 1001 11010 01011 110010 11011 110010 01001 010110 01101 10110 01111 110100 1101
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 83
- Average number of words per stanza: 14
- Amount of lines: 35
- Average number of symbols per line: 21 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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