This is an analysis of the poem I Cross Till I Am Weary that begins with:

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  • Rhyme scheme: X aXXbX XXXX XccX XbXb XXbX XXXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,5,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 1111110 01000110 11000010 11001 010000 110101 01000000 0100001000 1101010 110001100 010001 11110001 1100010 1101010 011101 1100110000 010101 1101010 1110110 110001010 0101110 110001100 11000110 100110000 10000100
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 110
  • Average number of words per stanza: 16
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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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