This is an analysis of the poem A Jog-Trot Pair that begins with:

Who were the twain that trod this track
So many times together... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efef gXgX hXhX cici
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10011101 1101010 1011 01010101010 1010101 1100111 111 111101001011 01010111 1101110 101 10010111110 11000101 1100110 1111 101111111010 11010100 110000110 101 100010101110 11110100 0101010 101 1100101001010
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 128
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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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