This is an analysis of the poem A Passing Hail that begins with:

Let us rest ourselves a bit!
Worry?-- wave your hand to it -- ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AaBb XXcc ddee ffgg hhhh iiiX aagg eeaaXAaBb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110101 1011100 1110111 0110101 1000101 1110101 111101 0010101 1111111 1010101 1110101 0010101 1111111 0110101 1010111 10011001 1111101 0110001 1110101 0110101 1010101 10010101 1010111 11111000 1110111 1011101 1110101 0111101 1110101 1010101 10101001 1110001 1110101 1011100 1110111 0110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 124
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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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  • summary of A Passing Hail;
  • central theme;
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