This is an analysis of the poem A Song Of Pitcairn's Island that begins with:

Come, take our boy, and we will go
Before our cabin door;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababccbbb dedeaaeff cdcd bbdgg hihijjikkXccccbbchh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,4,5,19,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111101 011101 01111111 010001 11010111 11011111 110101 11000101 01011101 111100101 110111 11111111 111101 11110111 11010101 011001 11011001 010010111 11110111 111101 11111111 110101 01011101 11111101 111101 10111101 11011101 11010101 111111 11010001 111101 11111101 11101101 010111 11110101 01011101 11011111 1101010 110011101 1101010 11010101 01110111 011111 01111111 01110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 247
  • Average number of words per stanza: 49
  • Amount of lines: 45
  • 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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