This is an analysis of the poem Song For The Luddites that begins with:

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As the Liberty lads o'er the sea... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabaaX Xcbccb XdbddX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 1010011001 111011001 1111 0110111 11011111 1 101111001 101001101 1010101 10010111 1101001111 1 1110101 101101001 10001 101101 01001011
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 170
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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