This is an analysis of the poem Indeed, Indeed I Cannot Tell that begins with:

Indeed indeed, I cannot tell,
Though I ponder on it well, ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccbbaaddbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic tetrameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 01011101 1110101 1010001 1111111 10101111 11111011 1111001 1110101 1010110 1111111 0010011 1010101 1010001 0010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 412
  • Average number of words per stanza: 80
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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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