This is an analysis of the poem I Have Never Seen "Volcanoes" that begins with:

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I have never seen "Volcanoes"—... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: X XXXX abXX cacX XXXb XbXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 11101100000 111001 111000010 100110 110000010 101111 10100110 101010 00100010 00101 10101010 1011100 011010010 0110000 10100010 00101 01101000 10101 011011000 00101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 98
  • Average number of words per stanza: 15
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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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