This is an analysis of the poem A Learned Man Came To Me Once that begins with:
A learned man came to me once.
He said, "I know the way, -- come." ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXabXaXbX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0111011 1110101100 11110110 010110 11101 111010 111101011 11001011 1111110110
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 302
- Average number of words per stanza: 58
- Amount of lines: 9
- 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.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; my is repeated.
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