This is an analysis of the poem Wild Grapes that begins with:

The old orchard, full of smoking air,
Full of sour marsh and broken boughs, is there,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabba ccdXc eXXXe fXbdf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 011010101 10101110101 1111110100 1100110101 11010111 1101011101 11011101101 1101010101 1111010111 1101110101 1011110011 1011011100 101001111101 0100111101 01110110101 10101110011 10111001111 011101101 0111110111 11111110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 224
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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