This is an analysis of the poem We—bee And I—live By The Quaffing that begins with:

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  • Rhyme scheme: X XXaXa XXXbXb cacXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,5,6,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 111111010 11101 1101 101001001100 11111011 111010 101010 1110011000 1101 110000110 101011111 1101 11110 1101110101 1111 101010100 1010100 0011
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 131
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 19
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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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