This is an analysis of the poem Whippoorwill Time that begins with:

Let down the bars; drive in the cows:
The west is barred with burning rose.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaaXBXbCbbXcbX dadadBXbCbbXcbX eeeeeBXbCbbXcbX afafaBXbCbbXcbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,15,15,15,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011001 01010101 01010001 10010111 11010101 0100010 100100 10101110 101 0101010 10100010 100100 111 0100010 100 10011001 01111101 01110001 11011101 01110101 0100010 100100 10101110 101 0111110 10100010 100100 101 0100010 100 01110101 01110101 01110001 10010101 01110101 0100010 100100 10111110 101 0101010 10100010 100100 111 0100010 100 01110111 011100101 01111111 01010101 010101011 0100010 100100 10101110 101 0101010 10100010 100100 101 0100010 100
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 448
  • Average number of words per stanza: 71
  • Amount of lines: 60
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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