This is an analysis of the poem Yaddo : The Grand Manor that begins with:

Woodsmoke and a distant loudspeaker
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  • Rhyme scheme: XXX aaa bbb cbb bcX ddd XXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,3,3,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101010110 100001 111 011000011 011010 001 110111010 111001 011 101101101 100101 101 111001010 010101 111 1110110101 111111 011 101000111 0101010 111
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 77
  • Average number of words per stanza: 14
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • 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 punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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