This is an analysis of the poem The Robin's My Criterion For Tune that begins with:

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  • Rhyme scheme: X XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,17,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 010101001100 0111001010 1011110 11110 01100000010 010011110 0111010 101101 11010 1101000010 011100 01010010 010101 10010010 0111001000 0101110 10000
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 295
  • Average number of words per stanza: 41
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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