This is an analysis of the poem Before This Little Gift Was Come that begins with:
BEFORE this little gift was come
The little owner had made haste for home;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbccdd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 01010111 0101011111 10010100101 1111011111 1101010101 1111010100 0101011101 010101010101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 331
- Average number of words per stanza: 63
- Amount of lines: 8
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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