This is an analysis of the poem It Ceased To Hurt Me, Though So Slow that begins with:

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It ceased to hurt me, though so slow... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: X XXXX aaXX bbXX XXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 01011111 111101010 110111010 110000100010 11010111 111101001 110101010 11010111 110100101 110000101 01010 011100 1101011100 010111000 010000100
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 111
  • Average number of words per stanza: 18
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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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