This is an analysis of the poem Ah! Where Is Palafox? Nor Tongue Nor Pen that begins with:
AH! where is Palafox? Nor tongue no pen
Reports of him, his dwelling or his grave!... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbaabbaccXdXd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 1101011111 0101010101 11001010101 1011010101 01001010101 10111111001 01010101001 1111011001 0111010001 0100110111 1111010100 00101010111 1011010101 1101010101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 601
- Average number of words per stanza: 104
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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