This is an analysis of the poem To A Certain Cantatrice that begins with:

HERE, take this gift!
I was reserving it for some hero, speaker, or General,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabbaXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101 1101001110101100 1111001101010011 110001 1110001011010 111111101001011111 010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 332
  • Average number of words per stanza: 57
  • Amount of lines: 7
  • Average number of symbols per line: 47 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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