This is an analysis of the poem Village Don Juan that begins with:

Lord, I'm grey, my face is run,
But by old Harry, I've had my fun;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbcc bbccXX ddccXX bbeedX ccffgg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011101 111101111 11011101 11101111 11111001 10010001 1011001101 110111101 11111111 110110101 011100101 011100101 1111111 10110111 111011001 10110111 10010101 101010111 10010111 010101111 110101111 010101101 01111101 111101111 11110101 10110101 01010101 100011101 010010101 10110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 219
  • Average number of words per stanza: 42
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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