This is an analysis of the poem Answer To Tait that begins with:

The mounted disk of ebonite
Has whirled before, nor whirled in vain;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabaXc XbXbdd eaeafX dgdgaa bhbhff ececbb ghghXa iaiajj
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 01010100 11011101 10011101 01010001 010101001 001101010 11110101 01010111 00111100 11010101 110101010 0000100010 11111111 11001101 01010101 11010001 11111101 11001100 11011100 11100001 11110110 11011101 100101010 010111010 10110101 0101011110 01000011 010110110 01110101 110010101 11010101 110111010 10010111 110101110 111101010 010000010 11010101 101101110 11010111 010111010 111100100 0010101010 01010111 111111010 11001101 111101010 110001010 110101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 209
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • 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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