This is an analysis of the poem I Envy Seas, Whereon He Rides that begins with:

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  • Rhyme scheme: X XaXa XbXb XXXX cXcX XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 1101101100 110101 010011100 110101 11010100 110111 10100100 1100001 11010100 11010100 0101010100 010000100 1101010 1101010 0110010 1101110 110100110 1100101 011001100 1001010 110000100 110000010 110101010 1100010
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 110
  • Average number of words per stanza: 17
  • Amount of lines: 25
  • 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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