This is an analysis of the poem Advice A To Hornèd Toad that begins with:

Hornèd Toad of cloven brown,
Rock souls have dwindled to your eyes...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbcdXXdXaXbeXAebac
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110101 11110011 1101010111 111110 011111 01011101 0101110 111101 1011010 11010111 110111110 11111101010 110101 101011110 10101001011 0101010 1101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 294
  • Average number of words per stanza: 54
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • 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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