This is an analysis of the poem Tolstoi Is Plowing Yet that begins with:
Tolstoi is plowing yet. When the smoke-clouds break,
High in the sky shines a field as wide as the world.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXa bXb cXc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 10010110111 100110111101 11110100101 110101100101 100100100101 10101111111 1001010111 10110010101 1001010101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 144
- Average number of words per stanza: 27
- Amount of lines: 9
- Average number of symbols per line: 47 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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