This is an analysis of the poem Romance Of A Youngest Daughter that begins with:

Who will wed the Dowager’s youngest daughter,
The Captain? filled with ale? ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaccb deddde XdXffX ghgghh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101001010 010101 11001010010010 1101110001110 1000011010010 11001111 101010011101 00101010 101010011101 111100101011 11110101111 111010010 10011101000 111101 1111001001110 11110100101 1001110111 110110 01000101001011 1101001 101010101001 11010100011 101011011101 1110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 257
  • Average number of words per stanza: 47
  • Amount of lines: 27
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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