This is an analysis of the poem Lines Rhymed In A Letter From Oxford that begins with:

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaaXbbX XccXccX XcccXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 010110 011010 011110110 01001 1010101 111010010 1 11011 101101 01100101101 01011 01011 1110100100 1 111001 11001 110011110 1100100 100100 111011110
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 174
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, and are repeated.

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