This is an analysis of the poem The Tint I Cannot Take—is Best that begins with:

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  • Rhyme scheme: X aaXa bbXb Xcac daXa XeXe dbXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 01110101 010101 11110001 010101 0110001 110101 11010100 010001 0100010 110101 11000001 110001 0101111 101101 1101110 1100001 0100010 110101 11010001 110101 1101011 010101 11000001 010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 91
  • Average number of words per stanza: 17
  • Amount of lines: 25
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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