This is an analysis of the poem Fatherless that begins with:
I've had no man
To guard and shelter me, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaaXXaXaabXXXcbc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111 011101 11011 01100 1101 011111 110111 11111 1111 010100 11110 11110 1111 111111 11111 01101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 360
- Average number of words per stanza: 71
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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