This is an analysis of the poem Tableau At Twilight that begins with:

I sit in the dusk. I am all alone.
Enter a child and an ice-cream cone....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Aa bb cc aX dd ee aAXbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,2,2,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1100111101 100111111 010010001 110001001 01010101 01010111 11010100100 1101010100 1111001010 1101001010 0100110101 1110010111 10100101 1100111101 1001111010 01001001010
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 71
  • Average number of words per stanza: 14
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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