This is an analysis of the poem He Touched Me, So I Live To Know that begins with:

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  • Rhyme scheme: X aaXbbX XXXXXX ccXddd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 11111101 11010101 1101010 01010101 11010101 110101 110100001 1011010010 1101010 111111010 110100000010 0100100 00010111 01000100 11110010 11010101 11010001 0001001
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 144
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 19
  • 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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