This is an analysis of the poem August Afternoon that begins with:

Thump of a horse's hoof behind the hedge;
Long stripes of shadow, and green flame in the grass... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abccdccXefcccbggdXgfbbcaXeX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 27,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1001010101 11011111001 01010010101 111101 0011110011 1101010101 1011001101 1011010011 10010100101 0101111101 1101110100 0101011101 010010100100 01010101001 1011010110 01100111101 10110100101 1111100100 1100011110 0011101101 11001000101 0101110101 0101010111 0100010101 0111000101 101010010101 1110110011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1184
  • Average number of words per stanza: 205
  • Amount of lines: 27
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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