This is an analysis of the poem O Mother, Who Really that begins with:

O Mother, who really
Knows Your magic?...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aX bc cd XX Xb dd dcXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,2,2,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 110110 1110 10101 101110011 1111001 00101010 101111 111111 11100 10100101 11 11100 10010101 001010001 0101101011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 49
  • Average number of words per stanza: 9
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • 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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