This is an analysis of the poem "Why Do I Love" You, Sir? that begins with:

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  • Rhyme scheme: X XXaaa XXXaX XXXXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,5,5,6,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 101110011 1000 011101001 0100000111 110101 011100 1110 11110 0111 0100010 010000111 10001001110 011101010 11011000 1010 11000011010 0100000000010 01110000110 1000000 1110
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 126
  • Average number of words per stanza: 18
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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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