This is an analysis of the poem If Blame Be My Side—forfeit Me that begins with:
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- Rhyme scheme: X aaXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: cinquain
- Metre: 1 01011101 11110101 01010101 01000111
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 67
- Average number of words per stanza: 14
- Amount of lines: 5
- 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.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; forfeit is repeated.
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