This is an analysis of the poem Riderless that begins with:

A broken bridle trailing,
A saddle scratched and scarred –...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd EbebEbeb fbfbggXg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0101010 010111 1111010 110101 1101010 111101 1101010 110011 1101011 110111 010001001 011111 1101011 110111 0100011 1110101 0101010 110101 1101110 111101 1101110 110101 0111110 0011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 240
  • Average number of words per stanza: 44
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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.

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