This is an analysis of the poem The World Is Full Of Kindness that begins with:

The World is full of kindness—
And not the poor alone;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd Ababeeee AbabXfbf AbabXgXg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0101010 110101 1100110 110101 0101010 110101 1101010 110101 0101010 110101 0100010 110111 1111010 0101010 10111110 110111 0101010 110101 0110010 111101 1101010 1110111 11110011 010101 0101010 000101 1110110 110111 0101100 110001 0101100 111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 229
  • Average number of words per stanza: 45
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • 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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