This is an analysis of the poem In The Street I Met While Walking that begins with:

In the street I met while walking
Death ... a sight that pleased me so,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xabaca daXaea cffbGb GeXde
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 00111110 1011111 10111010 1111111 11111010 0111101 11101011 1011101 10111011 11111011 00101011 1010111 10111010 11101010 10101011 10101110 111010100 10101010 111010100 1011111 11101011 1111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 145
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 22
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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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