This is an analysis of the poem Despair's Advantage Is Achieved that begins with:

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  • Rhyme scheme: X XXXX XaX a XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,3,1,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 10010001 11000000 00010001 11011100 010001001 010001 01011100 111101 010001100 10011000 0101100 0101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 74
  • Average number of words per stanza: 10
  • Amount of lines: 13
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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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