This is an analysis of the poem Pigmy Seraphs—gone Astray that begins with:

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  • Rhyme scheme: X ababccddXcc eeXXaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,11,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 1010101 1010010 1011101 1010100 1011101 1010100 1011101 0011101 1011100 10101101 1110101 1110101 1110101 1110110 101001000 1000111 001010
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 160
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (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.

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