This is an analysis of the poem I Never Told The Buried Gold that begins with:

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Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X aXbX XXXXb XaXa XXXX XXXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,5,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 11010101 01010010 110100101 110101 1111 111100 0110100 01011001 111100 11010100 111101 1001010 110101 10010100 100100 101110 101010 101011 11101000 1010110 10001
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 99
  • Average number of words per stanza: 17
  • Amount of lines: 22
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (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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