This is an analysis of the poem Graydigger's Home that begins with:

Paw marks near one burrow show Graydigger
at home, I bend low, from down there swivel...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabXcbba XXXXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111101100 1111101110 11101001 11010010010 10111110001 0101100101 101101101 0011111001010 01011001010000 101001011 1100111 0011101100100 110111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 275
  • Average number of words per stanza: 49
  • Amount of lines: 13
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Graydigger's Home;
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