This is an analysis of the poem The Heart Has Narrow Banks that begins with:

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  • Rhyme scheme: X aXaX XbXb XbbX
  • 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 011101 010101 010000001 110100 110110 110101 0010100 010101 110101 010001 11010100 01000000
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 75
  • Average number of words per stanza: 12
  • Amount of lines: 13
  • Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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