This is an analysis of the poem Had I Presumed To Hope that begins with:

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Had I presumed to hope—... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: X XXXX aXXX XXXX XaXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 11010100 011001 01000010100 1100100 110101 01011000 01010101 01010000 1100000100 1100100 010101010 010000100 11000110 111101 110101110 10001010
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 104
  • Average number of words per stanza: 15
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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