This is an analysis of the poem The Bat Is Dun With Wrinkled Wings that begins with:

THE BAT is dun with wrinkled wings
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  • Rhyme scheme: abXb cXbd XcXc daXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01010101 111100 11010101 110100 01010101 010001 11010100 010100 10001100 010101 010011000 100001 0001010 011101 1010011 010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 451
  • Average number of words per stanza: 63
  • Amount of lines: 19
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 3
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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