This is an analysis of the poem Of Tolling Bell I Ask The Cause? that begins with:

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  • Rhyme scheme: X XXXa XaXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 01011101 101110100 0100010100 0101010 11111111 0111010 11010101 0011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 90
  • Average number of words per stanza: 18
  • Amount of lines: 9
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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