This is an analysis of the poem The Way I Read A Letter's—this that begins with:

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  • Rhyme scheme: X abcb XdXd Xbab Xece
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 01110100 111101 11001101 101001 11110101 010101 11110101 110101 11010101 110101 11010001 1100001 01110011 011111 111101011 010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 91
  • Average number of words per stanza: 18
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (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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