This is an analysis of the poem A Boat that begins with:
O beautiful
was the werewolf ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXbXaXXXacXXXbbcX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 17,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1100 1011 001010 111 00100 1110 10 111 0101 010 1111 11 0101 11 101 1101 10
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 248
- Average number of words per stanza: 45
- Amount of lines: 17
- Average number of symbols per line: 14 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 3
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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