This is an analysis of the poem No Rack Can Torture Me that begins with:

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No Rack can torture me—... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X XXXX XXXX XXaX aXXX
  • 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 1111010 11001000 010101 11010100 1101010 1101000 110000010 11001010 010001 1100100 1101 11010 011010 11000 010001000 1100
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 86
  • Average number of words per stanza: 13
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (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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