This is an analysis of the poem The Massacre Of Macpherson that begins with:
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXb aXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10101 1101010 110111 1101110 11111 111100 10101 101100
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 96
- Average number of words per stanza: 18
- Amount of lines: 8
- Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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