This is an analysis of the poem Berenda Slough that begins with:

Earth and water without form,
change, or pause: as if the third ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cccc bdad XeXeXbbbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110011 1111001 1111011 0100101 1110010 1010011 1011011 1001001 1001001 0100011 0111001 1110011 1010100 0010101 0001001 1001011 0100111 1011101 1011001 1010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 119
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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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