This is an analysis of the poem The Happiest Day, The Happiest Hour that begins with:

The happiest day- the happiest hour
My sear'd and blighted heart hath known,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: Abab Xcbc dede Abab abab Xfdf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 01001010010 11110111 010101110 1111 010111111 11110101 01001110 1101 11111101 0101110010 01011111 01110 01001010010 11111101 010101110 1110 101101110 110001 1011111010 111101 11011111 110101 110100001 011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 147
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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