This is an analysis of the poem Kissing Usury that begins with:
Biancha, let
Me pay the debt... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabccb ccdeed aafbbf
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101 1101 111101 1101 1101 010110 0111 1011 111101 1101 0001 10010 1101 01111 1101010 1011 0100 1101010
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 115
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 18
- Average number of symbols per line: 18 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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