This is an analysis of the poem You left me—Sire—two Legacies that begins with:

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Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X XaXa XbXb
  • 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 111101100 010001 010010101 110100 11110001 010101 01010011 110011
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 70
  • Average number of words per stanza: 13
  • Amount of lines: 9
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (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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  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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