This is an analysis of the poem Seed-Time that begins with:

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bcbccccX X cdcdefef X cacaacaX X XfXfcfcf a dcdcbfbX aXcdcdaaaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,10,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 100011111 100010101 101110111 1000101001 1000010101 10011101 10011101 101111010 1 10100101 101100101 10011111 1010011 100110111 110011001 100101101 11110101 1 11110101 10100111 100111101 110101101 10011011 100101111 1110001001 1010101101 1 111101110 111001101 1011111001 11110111 11111001 1101101001 101011011 110100111 1 10011111 10100111 111001101 1101101101 100100111 100101101 100101111 100100100 1 1001011001 101101101 0111000111 1011001011 1101101001 10010001011 100100111 1101001000
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 156
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 54
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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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