This is an analysis of the poem A Postcard From The Volcano that begins with:
Children picking up our bones
Will never know that these were once ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abc bcd aad ebX XXX fXe agaXgdf
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,3,3,7,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 1010111 01011101 11110101 11010101 11110111 11010101 11011011 11111110 01011111 111100111 01010101 011110101 11010001 11110101 11110001 01010010 11010100 01111101 010010101 101111101 01010011 010100101 010011101 1001001001
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 108
- Average number of words per stanza: 21
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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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