This is an analysis of the poem I Have Come To The Strange Ball (Verse Xxii) that begins with:

I have come to the strange ball
Where tails and gaiters abound,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abba Xccd effe X X X dX XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,1,1,1,2,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110011 1111001 10110011 0111001 01001001 0010011 0101001 1110101 1011011 101010110 11101010 0100111 1011110101 1011110 01001100 11111011 1100011 101001010 11111010 10110100 110111000 1101111010 10110010 10100110 1010011110
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 79
  • Average number of words per stanza: 16
  • Amount of lines: 27
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of I Have Come To The Strange Ball (Verse Xxii);
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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