This is an analysis of the poem Spring Mcmxl that begins with:

London Bridge is falling down, Rome's burnt and Babylon
The Great is now but dust; yet still Spring must...

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXbbbXXXaccab
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1010101111101 01011111011 11110100101 11001011011 1000111011 1101001010101 0101100111 1101010111001 100101010101 01000110110101 111111010100111 1101110101 10010101010100101 01111101110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 746
  • Average number of words per stanza: 126
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 52 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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