This is an analysis of the poem The Small Vases From Hebron that begins with:

Tip their mouths open to the sky.
Turquoise, amber,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcde bXfXe c XXagXXh a ccefdidfegedhif
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,1,7,1,15,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110001 1010 01101010 1001011 1011101 11101010 11111000 0110101 10100110 101 111000100010 1101011 1101 1010111 10111010 1011100 01010111 010101001 1110111 10001010 100010101010 101101101 11110111 11011 01101010 11101 1000111 101010 110111 0111001 11 1010101 001001010 1011000101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 184
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 34
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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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