This is an analysis of the poem Once, I Knew A Fine Song, that begins with:
Once, I knew a fine song,
-- It is true, believe me -- ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXbbaXbXXa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111011 001011 01101 11100010 1110010 1011101 111011010 11101 111 011011 1011101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 309
- Average number of words per stanza: 57
- Amount of lines: 11
- Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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