This is an analysis of the poem Words that begins with:
If on isle of the sea
I have to tarry,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd ededXfgf cdcXXgXg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 011001 11010 011100 01010 111111 0101 110110 0101 110001 1101 111001 1011 111100 1100 010111 1001 0100111 0111 010011 1100 111101 1101 1111000 1001
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 211
- Average number of words per stanza: 33
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of Words;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
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