This is an analysis of the poem A Wife&Mdash;At Daybreak I Shall Be that begins with:

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A Wife—at daybreak I shall be—... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: X XaXXaX XXbbXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,6,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1 01000111110 1000010111 11111101 1101010100 100011101 100111000 100011101 010100010 10110101 11011101 1100011100 010001000 10001010000
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 167
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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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