This is an analysis of the poem Let Such Pure Hate Still Underprop that begins with:

Let such pure hate still underprop
Our love, that we may be ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabXbcdede cfgfg fhhii bchch hcbcX Xfhfh ccjcj chjhj hjgjg ededaajaja dihXh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,10,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111100 111110 11010 111100 1001 11010111 110111 01010101 11010101 0101 110101 1000101 0111 11110111 010011 110101 110101 1011011 11001101 1001010101 001011 1101010 10010101 10010 010001 111110 110101 1001 1101 1110000 110101 110101 100101 0101 100101 10010101 1100101 110101 110111 0011 110111 110101 110101 110001 1101 110101 110100 1101101 100101 110101 11000111 110101 110010101 1100101 011101 010111 1101001 010101 011111 1111 010001 110111 010101 1111000 101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 156
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 65
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (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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