This is an analysis of the poem I Had Not Minded—walls that begins with:

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I had not minded—Walls—... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X abcb Xada XeXeXcdcd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 111101 010111 11110101 010101 110111 110100 11110101 010001 110101 010001 01110100 010001 010101 100101 110010101 110001
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 81
  • Average number of words per stanza: 16
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (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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