This is an analysis of the poem The Glowworm that begins with:
Beneath the hedge or near the stream,
A worm is known to stray, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efef eded ecec gggg ahah
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01011101 010101 11110101 110111 01101101 010101 11110001 110001 10010101 110101 11010001 010001 01010101 110101 010100111 010111 11011101 111101 010100111 111001 100110101 010011 110010111 111101 11110101 1100101 11010101 110101
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 126
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 28
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; his is repeated.
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