This is an analysis of the poem Mare Rubrum that begins with:
FLASH out a stream of blood-red wine,
For I would drink to other days,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd eaeXfcfc egegdada hchcaiai jijigigi ccccfkfk akaklelX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 11010111 11110101 110111001 11010101 01010101 110010101 110101001 01010111 01010111 11010001 10110101 01000110 01010101 11110111 01010101 11110101 01110101 01010101 11011101 01110001 11010101 111101001 010010001 11010001 11011101 11110101 11110101 11011101 11000101 01011101 10011101 110010111 11010111 01011111 111100101 11010101 11110101 01010111 01010101 01000111 11010111 11010101 11110111 11011101 11010101 110010101 11010111 010101001 11010111 11110101 10010101 11111101 01010111 11010110 11010101 01010101
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 294
- Average number of words per stanza: 52
- Amount of lines: 56
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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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