This is an analysis of the poem Only A Shrine, But Mine that begins with:

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Only a Shrine, but Mine—... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: X XXXX XXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 10011100 11010100 0101011111 01010 11010010 10011000 1111 0110100 110101010 10011000010 010010 11011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 132
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 13
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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