This is an analysis of the poem Peter Quince At The Clavier that begins with:

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Just as my fingers on these keys ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bbcdec XfX geh XdX X gahbdXdi debbcX Xjbhbj dhdhb X XX dd ff gg XX X dee bjjXjeeXbjjbib
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,6,3,3,3,1,8,6,6,5,1,2,2,2,2,2,1,3,14,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 11110111 11010111 111010101 10010111 11001111 100101001 10011101 01000101 1000101010 00110111 11001101 01110101 01001101 01011111 110000100 1 00110111 0101 11 01001 11 011000 11 111100 010111 001 01010 110101 01 01100 110101 1100 010101 1101 100101 1100 010101 1001 11 0101 01101 1 100111000 100101000 11010101 01010101 11110001 11011111 10111001 01010101 1101001000 100111000 1 1001010001 010100010 100100010 0101010101 110101110 011001010 110111110 010101010 110100010 1010001010 1001010101 011101010 110101010 1001010001 101100100 1101010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 20
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 98
  • Average number of words per stanza: 17
  • Amount of lines: 70
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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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