This is an analysis of the poem Said Death To Passion that begins with:

Said Death to Passion
'Give of thine an Acre unto me.'... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXX ababa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010 101110101 11011001 110111 11010 101 110101 1000001 100111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 118
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 9
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (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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