This is an analysis of the poem I Would Not Tarry If I Could Be Gone that begins with:
I would not tarry if I could be gone
Adown the path where calls my eager mind. ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbaabba bcbcbc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 1111001101 1001111101 1111110111 1101010101 1111111101 0101110101 1001000101 11010100101 11110010101 1101010101 11110111001 0001110101 1101011101 11011010101
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 309
- Average number of words per stanza: 58
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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