This is an analysis of the poem A Doubt If It Be Us that begins with:

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A doubt if it be Us... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X XaXa XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 010001 0101001 0110010 010101 11010001 010001 11010100 100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 65
  • Average number of words per stanza: 12
  • Amount of lines: 9
  • Average number of symbols per line: 21 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • history of its creation;
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