This is an analysis of the poem To Either that begins with:

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  • Rhyme scheme: aAabbb cccXdX eeeccc aAaeee bbbccc eeeXeX eeeccc dddfff gggfffXccceee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101 1101 01010101 1111 1110 10110101 1111 0111 11010111 1111 1110 11110011 1101 1011 11010101 1100 1111 11010100 1101 1101 01010101 1101 1111 11010101 1111 1011 01010101 1100 1101 11110101 1101 1111 01110111 1111 1101 111100110 0011 0101 10010001 1101 1011 11110101 0101 1101 11010001 1001 1101 10010101 1111 1101 01010101 1101 1101 11001101 1101 1101 01110101 1101 0111 11100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 140
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 60
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (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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  • summary of To Either;
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  • history of its creation;
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