This is an analysis of the poem 'Ours' To Be Had that begins with:
I am within this shell.
Behind a wall I've erected, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABCDDaEF ggbXhi GbGhbbce ABCDDEFXibbb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,8,12,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110101 01011010 00111 1010010010 111110101 1 1011100011 11010010 11 110100 1011010001 01000 100100 1111010 010110100 0111 010110100 1100010100 11001 1111 010010011 01111 110101 01011010 00111 1010010010 111110101 1011100011 11010010 10010010 010101001001 0110111 001100101110
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 192
- Average number of words per stanza: 34
- Amount of lines: 33
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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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