This is an analysis of the poem Alone, I Cannot Be that begins with:

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  • Rhyme scheme: X XXXX XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 0111010 11001010 1001000 11010 11111100 110000100 11001 1100 110101 1100100 110010 1110100
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 84
  • Average number of words per stanza: 12
  • Amount of lines: 13
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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