This is an analysis of the poem Friend, Your White Beard Sweeps The Ground that begins with:

Friend, your white beard sweeps the ground.
Why do you stand, expectant? ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbccXXaacc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111101 1111010 111010 0101101 0111 11101 00101010 1111 1111 1111 01101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 287
  • Average number of words per stanza: 54
  • Amount of lines: 11
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

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