This is an analysis of the poem I Shall Know Why—when Time Is Over that begins with:

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  • Rhyme scheme: X Xaba Xcbc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 111111010 11110101 1001110110 00111001 10111100010 11110101 110101010 11111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 100
  • Average number of words per stanza: 19
  • Amount of lines: 9
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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