This is an analysis of the poem What I See Not, I Better See that begins with:

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What I see not, I better see—... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: X XXXX aaXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 111111010 1100101 11000100 11111000 11011101 110001 11110110 01011000 11100000110 11010100 110111000 1111000
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 98
  • Average number of words per stanza: 15
  • Amount of lines: 13
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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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  • summary of What I See Not, I Better See;
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  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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