This is an analysis of the poem No Bobolink—reverse His Singing that begins with:

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  • Rhyme scheme: X abab XXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 110001010 10101 101101010 10100 1001 01010 10101 11000 10100 1100
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 68
  • Average number of words per stanza: 12
  • Amount of lines: 11
  • Average number of symbols per line: 18 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 3
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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