This is an analysis of the poem The Hunter Of The Uruguay To His Love that begins with:

Would'st thou be happy, would'st thou be free,
Come to our woody islands with me! ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a a a a a a b b a X c d c d e d e d X c d d c d a d a a f X f g g h i h i j j aXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110101101 101101001 11010101 01011101 11100110111 0010100101 11010101 111100111 1110010111 111010100 01011101 010111 1010110101 11110101 0101001001 110101 101110101 111101 111001001010 111101 10111 00101 1010001 1110100101 1110101 11000101 1000101 010101101 010111 101010100 0111001 110100111 110110101 110111011 1011111 110101001 1111101 0111100111 101010111 101010111 1101101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 41
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 35
  • Average number of words per stanza: 7
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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