This is an analysis of the poem Arithmetic On The Frontier that begins with:
A great and glorious thing it is
To learn, for seven years or so,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcbcX dXdXXX eXeXff dbdbee XaXXdd gegeXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 011100100 01110011 01110110 11010101 01010101 1101101010 11011101 110111010 11010001 01010001000 11010100 11011100 010001010 01011110 110101010 10010110 01010101 11010001 11010101 1100111 01010011 11010101 11111111 01110101 11110001 011101010 01010101 111101110 11010011 111100111 01110111 01111111 11010111 01100111 01000011110 11011111
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 220
- Average number of words per stanza: 38
- Amount of lines: 36
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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