This is an analysis of the poem Arterial that begins with:

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Frost upon small rain--the ebony-lacquered avenue... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X aXbb X XXXba
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,1,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 10111010010101 0101101111 0110010100111 10001011 1 0111011111 01110101 11101011 101101010100110 11011
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 97
  • Average number of words per stanza: 17
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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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