This is an analysis of the poem Others, I Am Not The First that begins with:

Others, I am not the first,
Have willed more mischief than they durst: ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabb ccdd eeccXbbaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011101 11110111 00010111 1011101 1110101 11110111 111101110 10100010 1011101 11101111 1000101 1110111 10110111 1110101 110110111 01010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 134
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.

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