This is an analysis of the poem Oak Leaves are Hands that begins with:

In Hydaspia, by Howzen
Lived a lady, Lady Lowzen,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXa bXX cXa dca dbX bab aaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,3,3,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0100110 10101010 11101101 101111110 01000110 010110000 1111001 110000101 10110101 1010100101 10110101 10110011 101011101 001000101 1011001 110100010 10010011 101001010 010110100 0100101010 110010010
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 94
  • Average number of words per stanza: 16
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • 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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