This is an analysis of the poem On An Ugly Fellow (From The Greek) that begins with:
Beware, my friend! of crystal brook,
Or fountain, lest that hideous hook,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabccb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01110101 110111001 111101 10011101 11010111 1110001
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 199
- Average number of words per stanza: 34
- Amount of lines: 6
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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