This is an analysis of the poem Major Bellenden's Song that begins with:
And what though winter will pinch severe
Through locks of grey and a cloak that's old? ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab bXbX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 111100101 110110111 111111100 101011101 11010101 10010101 11011101 11101101
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 157
- Average number of words per stanza: 29
- Amount of lines: 8
- Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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