This is an analysis of the poem To Chloe that begins with:

Chloe, you shun me like a hind
That, seeking vainly for her mother,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab acac dbdX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111101 110101010 11001101 1101011110 10010101 110101010 11111101 010101010 11011101 110101110 11110101 111101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 146
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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