This is an analysis of the poem Swiss Song that begins with:
Up in th' mountain
I was a-sitting,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcdbbBd abcebbBe XbXfbbbf geXgXbfg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10110 11010 0011 111 1010 1010 110 01 0010 11010 1011 111 1010 1010 110 01 10011 11010 1110 101 1010 1010 110 01 1111 110 1110 01 1010 1110 110 11
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 121
- Average number of words per stanza: 22
- Amount of lines: 32
- Average number of symbols per line: 14 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 3
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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