This is an analysis of the poem The Lords Of Maussane that begins with:
One after the other, they wished to predict a happy future for us,
With an eclipse in their image and all the anguish befitting us!...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaXXaabX Xb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,2,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110010110010101011 01010110110100101 10100100 101010101 110010101111 1001001100110 11101011 110010110 111010101110 0110101101001
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 238
- Average number of words per stanza: 44
- Amount of lines: 10
- Average number of symbols per line: 47 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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