This is an analysis of the poem What Shall I Do—it Whimpers So that begins with:

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  • Rhyme scheme: X abbacca abcXXXXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,7,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 11110101 01010101 11110111 110011 11010011 10110001 110101 01111 1111101 1001011101 10111101 11010 101 110 111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 138
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; it, or, your are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words would, or are repeated.

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