This is an analysis of the poem Tho' My Destiny Be Fustian that begins with:

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Tho' my destiny be Fustian—... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: X XXXX XXXa XXbX abXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 111000100 0010100 111010100 1011000 11101010 11101 11101010 00100 111110010 10101 11111010 10100 10001110 00111 111010100 11101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 87
  • Average number of words per stanza: 15
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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