This is an analysis of the poem I Meant To Have But Modest Needs that begins with:
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I meant to have but modest needs—... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X XXaX XXXX XabX XXXX XXXXXXXX bXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,4,8,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1 110111010 111000100 0111000011 111100100 1101000010 010111 111100010000 1111010 1100001000100 1100001 01011111 11100010 0101010100 01000000 111101110 11110000 110101110 1111100 010101010 110000000 111100100 0101110 110001110 01010100 111100001 0001010 110000101 110000000
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 153
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 29
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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