This is an analysis of the poem Cows that begins with:

I love to watch my seven cows
In meads of buttercups abrowse,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaXXa bbcaaX ddeXbe ffcddX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011101 01010110 0101 11011101 01011100 0111 10010010 010100101 1111 11110101 0100111 0101 11011111 11010111 0101 01110100 01010101 0101 010000010 101101010 1101 11010001 11011101 0101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 187
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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