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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