This is an analysis of the poem The Massacre At Scio that begins with:
Weep not for Scio's children slain;
Their blood, by Turkish falchions shed,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab acac cdcd aeae
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 1111101 11110101 110101001 110101001 11011101 01011101 1111111 11010111 11111001 11010101 01000110 01010101 11111101 01110101 101101001 01000111
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 144
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- 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.
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