This is an analysis of the poem Rarely. If Ever that begins with:
Rarely.
If ever, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xabcdde fdbedXX faeggcX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10 010 110100101 1110010101010 00100001 010010101 100101001010 1000101 011000110010 1011010110 101001 010001100 110110010 101001000 11111111000 011010 11011111 11111 101101 11110101110 111
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 224
- Average number of words per stanza: 38
- Amount of lines: 21
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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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