This is an analysis of the poem Burlesque that begins with:
Of the modern versifications of
ancient legendary tales. - An impromptu.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XX abab
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0010100000 10101011010 01010111 110101 01110101 1101101
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 102
- Average number of words per stanza: 17
- Amount of lines: 6
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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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