This is an analysis of the poem An Acre Of Grass that begins with:

PICTURE and book remain,
An acre of green grass... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abccbb XdadXa efXfgg Xcecdd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101101 110011 111101 110101 11111 1101101 1010010 1111 10101010 101001 0100111 11011 1111110 111111 1111011 11101 110101 110101 01101011 11101 1010110 101011 0101111 111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 152
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (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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  • summary of An Acre Of Grass;
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  • history of its creation;
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