This is an analysis of the poem My Worthiness Is All My Doubt that begins with:

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  • Rhyme scheme: X XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 110001110 01000110 01011100 1100000 11100101 1001010 0101010 0111010 110010001 01001000 11010101 0111100 11010001 0001100 011100101 1001000
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 99
  • Average number of words per stanza: 14
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; my is repeated.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase itself connects the lines.

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