This is an analysis of the poem I'Ve Known A Heaven, Like A Tent that begins with:

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I've known a Heaven, like a Tent—... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: X XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,8,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 110101010 0101010 110111000 010101 1101001000 110100100 110001100 0110000 1100010001 110101 1100100 1110 0111000 1111010 0101010 01010100 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 181
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, no are repeated.

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