This is an analysis of the poem A Child Screening A Dove From A Hawk. By Stewardson that begins with:

AY, screen thy favourite dove, fair child,
Ay, screen it if you may,--... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab XXXb Xcbc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111100111 110011 111011001 010101 11011101 00110 10010101 110110 11010011 111111 011111001 0111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 124
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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