This is an analysis of the poem The Trees Like Tassels—hit—and Swung that begins with:

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  • Rhyme scheme: X Xaba XcXc bdXd efbf gaXa gede ahah
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 01110111 110101 010110 0100001 1100010 010001 11010101 010111 01111100 111101 10010100 110101 0100011 010001 01000100 010101 01110101 1100001 11010101 110101 1101010 110101 1101110 010001 1111010 110111 10001010 010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 94
  • Average number of words per stanza: 17
  • Amount of lines: 29
  • 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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