This is an analysis of the poem I Dreaded That First Robin, So that begins with:

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I dreaded that first Robin, so,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: X aabX XXcX XbbX XXbX Xdad XdXX ccXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 11011101 110101 0010011 1101010 11011101 1111110 11010001 11001010 111101000 111101 1110010 1100110 11011100 10011010 10110101 11001110 11110111 1110101 01110111 111111 1111010100 110101 010100010 0101000 11011111 111101 10010100 0101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 114
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 29
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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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