This is an analysis of the poem You See I Cannot See—your Lifetime that begins with:
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You see I cannot see—your lifetime—... full text
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- Rhyme scheme: X abbXaba bcXXdcdb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,7,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1 111101111 111 110101110101 11011111 0111 111101 1111 1101 1111010 1101 110010 1001 1001010 1001 010101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 123
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 16
- 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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