This is an analysis of the poem No Matter—now—sweet that begins with:

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  • Rhyme scheme: X abcb abcb cdXdXccac
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 11011 1101 111110 0111 100011 10001 1111111 101 11101 101 101110 1111 1010101 111 111111 101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 67
  • Average number of words per stanza: 13
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • Average number of symbols per line: 19 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

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