This is an analysis of the poem 'Twas A Long Parting&Mdash;But The Time that begins with:

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'Twas a long Parting—but the time... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: X aXXa XXXX XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 101100001 110000100 010101010 0100101 1101010 01000100 0100100100 01010100 110000010 1000101 1000011100 11000000 11000010 01000010 1100001000 0101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 107
  • Average number of words per stanza: 15
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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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