This is an analysis of the poem Hymn From A Watermelon Pavilion that begins with:

You dweller in the dark cabin,
To whom the watermelon is always purple, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Aba XXc XXX abc bbbXAab
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11000110 010101001110 1100111 0011111 11011011 010111 10010111 10110110 110101 011111 1101110 0110001 11010101 1101110 1011 11000110 11100110 111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 96
  • Average number of words per stanza: 18
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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