This is an analysis of the poem Lines To Be Embroidered On A Bib that begins with:

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The Child Is Father Of The Man, But Not For Quite A While...

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xa bbaaXXXXXXXXaabb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,16,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 01010001111101 110100 1010100 11111 011101 1110100 10100100 101010 10100101010011000 1101110 101011001011 11011100 110101100 10110100 1111100 101101110 11101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 256
  • Average number of words per stanza: 47
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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