This is an analysis of the poem For that begins with:

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bccXbddbefbfeb X ghhgghhgfaXafX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,14,1,14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 1 0011010011 111100101 1101001101 110101100 0110110101 1101010101 1000010011 1111110101 0101101111 1001010111 0101110111 1001001101 1101010111 1111111100 1 1111101101 1011011111 1111110101 1111110101 0011110111 1111011101 11000100101 1111111001 1101010101 1111010101 1101101111 0111110011 1001010111 0101000100
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 324
  • Average number of words per stanza: 60
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, of, thy, or, now are repeated.

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