This is an analysis of the poem Tosh Bosh that begins with:

Ah, Passion, like a voice - that buds!
With many thorns…that sharply stick:... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaXX X XbXb aaaa cXca
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,1,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010111 01010101 0101010011 11110110 0100 11100 111010010 10100111 01101110 1111001 111001010 1101011 111101010 1100101 110010010 110110 101010101 010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 113
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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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