This is an analysis of the poem A Cloud Withdrew From The Sky that begins with:

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  • Rhyme scheme: X aaXa XbXb XbXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 0101001 0100100 111101000 1010101 111101 110101 01100100 010111 1001010 001101 1111010 010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 74
  • Average number of words per stanza: 15
  • Amount of lines: 13
  • Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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