This is an analysis of the poem Song A-La-Mode that begins with:

O'er the Desert, cross the Meadows,
Hunters blew the merry Horn ;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababccd aeaeccd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
  • Metre: 100101011 1010101 10101011 1011001 1010 1010 1110101 10100110 1010001 111010010 1010101 1010 10100 1110001
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 197
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Song A-La-Mode;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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