This is an analysis of the poem Superfluous Were The Sun that begins with:

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  • Rhyme scheme: X Xaba XXcX Xbcb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 101001 110001 101011001 1100101 110011 110001 1110110101 01011000 0101001 110011 11110100 010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 82
  • Average number of words per stanza: 14
  • Amount of lines: 13
  • 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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