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PEACE, peace ! I know 'twas brave ;
But this coarse fleece, ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcacaX dedefcfcX bgXghchc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111111 1011 110001 0111 1111 111111 0111 111111 1 111111 1101 110101 0101 1101 110111 0111 111111 1 111111 10110 111101 11110 1101 011001 1101 111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 255
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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