This is an analysis of the poem A Scot To Jeanne D’arc that begins with:

DARK Lily without blame,
Not upon us the shame, ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabccbdd XXXcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110011 101101 1100010101 110101 0100111 11111100011 1011011111 1110111100101 110111 010100 1111011101 101101 001101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 236
  • Average number of words per stanza: 42
  • Amount of lines: 13
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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