This is an analysis of the poem Quatrains that begins with:

THE WIND IN THE PINES
WHEN winds go organing through the pines... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a abab X Xaaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,1,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01001 111100101 111101010 10111001 010101110 10100 0101110101 1111001101 1011110000 0111010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 86
  • Average number of words per stanza: 16
  • Amount of lines: 10
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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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  • summary of Quatrains;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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