This is an analysis of the poem Above The White Down Of The Cherries that begins with:

Above the white down of the cherries,
Like blue fire, soaring high, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXX caca ccaa XaaX dece XbdX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010110010 1110101 10101111 1011101 101010100 0010101 111110110 01001001 10101010 101010001 00111110 0011111 00101110 10000111 10101110 1010100 11101010 1010011 011010010 1110101 11111000 0110101 11001010 0100110
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 132
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

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