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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