This is an analysis of the poem The Dust Of Timas that begins with:
This dust was Timas; and they say
That almost on her wedding day...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaX bbcc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 01110111 11110101 11010100 0110100 11010101 11111101 01111101 11010101
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 136
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 8
- 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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