This is an analysis of the poem Light And Dark that begins with:

NOT the soul that’s whitest
Wakens love the sweetest: ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaX bcbc cdcd beXe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101110 101010 101010 101010 101110 101010 001010 101010 101010 1001010 001010 111010 101110 111110 101100 101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 117
  • Average number of words per stanza: 19
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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