This is an analysis of the poem Would He Grace In The Balcony that begins with:

Would he grace in the balcony,
or sit in the painted room' Arise, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: cinquain
  • Metre: 11100100 110010101 11101 11110101001 11111011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 173
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 5
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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