This is an analysis of the poem We Tried To Warn Them that begins with:
How could they allow their home,
To burn down like that? ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aX XaX bX XcbccXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,3,2,7,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic trimeter or irregular meter
- Metre: 1110111 01111 11101 11010 10100 01 1 101010100 110011010 1110010 0101011 010110110 1110100110110 10110100
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 96
- Average number of words per stanza: 17
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
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