This is an analysis of the poem Blood Road that begins with:
The Old Year groaned as he trudged away,
His guilty shadow black on the snow, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcX eded Xfcf gXgX dfdX ahah
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 011111101 010111101 1010011111 1011111 1010100111 0010110101 010110110 1101010 1111101101 110101111 1011111111 1010101 101110110100 011110101 1110011101 1111101 1011101101 1111011110 1011110001 111111100 1010100101 0100100101 110101101 01111010 011111101 0010010111 011100101 100101
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 168
- Average number of words per stanza: 31
- Amount of lines: 28
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
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