This is an analysis of the poem It Did Not Surprise Me that begins with:
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It did not surprise me—... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X XXXX XXaX XbXb Xcac
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1 0010110 1110010 101010 10101 1010100 10101 101110 111010 0110100 11000 101110 10101 0110100 11001 101110 00101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 81
- Average number of words per stanza: 14
- Amount of lines: 17
- Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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