This is an analysis of the poem Remembering Mountain Men that begins with:

I put my foot in cold water
and hold it there: early mornings...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXXXXbba
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110110 11011010 11011101 010100110 01111011 01100110 0010111111 11111110111 11011111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 344
  • Average number of words per stanza: 70
  • Amount of lines: 9
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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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