This is an analysis of the poem Kit Clark that begins with:

MEG MILLER skipt over to Horton,
And sang as she went like the lark;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cbcb cbcb XbXb dbdb dbdX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110110010 11111101 110111110 11001011 110111110 11001111 1011010110 11101111 110110110 01101111 111011110 11101111 111010110 11011101 111011100 111001011 110110110 01001001 111010010 11101011 110110110 01111001 110010110 11001111
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 153
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • 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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