This is an analysis of the poem The Collar-Bone Of A Hare that begins with:

WOULD I could cast a sad on the water
Where many a king has gone... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcXaeaedade
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111011010 1100111 1100110 10110101101 0100111010 1110110 0111110 11101101 1111010110 0101001 111010010 1101001011 1011011110010 1110001010 11110010 10111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 580
  • Average number of words per stanza: 118
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, of are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

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