This is an analysis of the poem My Piney Wood that begins with:

I have a tiny piney wood;
my trees are only fifty,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcXcc acacdcdc efefacac
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010101 1111010 11111101 1111110 110010111 010100 11011101 1111010 11100101 0111110 11110101 0111010 11110001 0111010 11100101 0100010 11010101 1101110 11110101 1111110 11001101 1101010 11110111 1101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 242
  • Average number of words per stanza: 46
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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