This is an analysis of the poem From Down The River that begins with:
A HALF-BREED, slim, and sallow of face,
Alphonse lies full length on his raft,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abA aba abA aba aXAXabaA
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 011111001 01111101 010100101 111001001 100101001 011111001 1100111011 010100101 010100101 11011101 01011111 011111001 100100101 111101110 010100101 101011101 1100110101 010111001 010100101
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 122
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 19
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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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