This is an analysis of the poem On A Cornelian Heart Which Was Broken that begins with:

Ill-fated Heart! And can it be,
That thou should'st thus be rent in vain?... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cbcb X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,1,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11011100 11110101 10011111 01010101 11011101 110010101 11111111 01010001 111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 98
  • Average number of words per stanza: 19
  • Amount of lines: 9
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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