This is an analysis of the poem Just For Joy, Take From My Palms that begins with:

Just for joy, take from my palms
A little sun, a little honey,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXb bbX caX dad dcX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 1111011 010101010 110001010 11000110001 011011001 00110011100101 10101111 10111 1111101 11000101001 11001101 11110101 1110111001 0101010 0111110001
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 106
  • Average number of words per stanza: 19
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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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