This is an analysis of the poem Dirge For The Year that begins with:
I.
Orphan Hours, the Year is dead,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcbcdd Xeaeabb Xfbfbff Xghghff
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1 10100101 111111 1010101 1010101 10110010 10101010 1 1111101 0010001 1110111 1011101 1010101 1110001 1 1011111 01110001 1010111 1010111 100101001 0110101 1 1010101 1010101 1010101 1011111 110111110 10011010
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 190
- Average number of words per stanza: 36
- Amount of lines: 28
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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