This is an analysis of the poem When One Has Given Up One's Life that begins with:

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Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X XaXa aaXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 11110111 010001 11011111 010001 011101 010001 11010101 010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 69
  • Average number of words per stanza: 13
  • Amount of lines: 9
  • Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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