This is an analysis of the poem Joy Of My Life While Left Me Here! that begins with:

Joy of my life while left me here!
And still my love!... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd efefgcgc dhdhecec didijkeejjk
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111111 1111 10110111 1001 0111 0101 0111 0101 11010101 0111 01111111 1111 11001 11011 11101 1101 11110111 1111 101111111 1111 1111 1101 1111 1001 110111010 1111 11110101 1100 0111 1111 1 1 01 010 0
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 188
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 35
  • Average number of symbols per line: 21 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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