This is an analysis of the poem A Welshman To Any Tourist that begins with:

We've nothing vast to offer you, no deserts
Except the waste of thought...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXXXaXXbXbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010101110 010101 1001010 1101010001 11011 011101 100100011 11010 110101010 11011011 111100 11110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 378
  • Average number of words per stanza: 67
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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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