This is an analysis of the poem A Solemn Thing&Mdash;It Was&Mdash;I Said that begins with:
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A solemn thing—it was—I said—... full text
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- Rhyme scheme: X XXXX XXXXXXXX XXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,8,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1 01010010010 0100000010 1100111110 0101000 010100101 0001010 1100000100 10000000 110101110 1101110 111100110 1100000010 110100100100 01000010 100010000110 11100000000
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 168
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 17
- Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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