This is an analysis of the poem Even So that begins with:

So it is, my dear.
All such things touch secret strings... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbaACXcCcbbccdXddEXeE
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 21,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10011 1111101 110101 10011 10101 1110111 11111 10101 10111 1110011 1011111 111110 10111 10101 11111111 111101 111101 11011 10101101 111111 11011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 546
  • Average number of words per stanza: 112
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (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 Even So;
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