This is an analysis of the poem Before I Got My Eye Put Out that begins with:

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Before I got my eye put out... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X aXXX XXaX XXXXX XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,5,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 01111111 1111010 11010111 1111010 1001010000 111101 1100011111 1111010 0100000 0100000 11000010 11011111 01111100 010001010 0101010 110001111100 0111110 1100000111 01010100 1101011100 10000010
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 123
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 22
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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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  • history of its creation;
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