This is an analysis of the poem Friendship's Mystery, To My Dearest Lucasia that begins with:

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COme, my Lucasia, since we see... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbb aXadX deXee cfaff ghghh gigid
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 0,5,5,5,5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11100111 11001111 11011100 00110111 10010011 111001101 111100100 11010011 11010101 110100110 11110101 11000101 11011110 11111111 10110101 11110100 110111100 11000011 11110101 11001100 0101011001 110101001 11111101 11110101 11011011 111100101 111100101 11011101 11111101 11010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 109
  • Average number of words per stanza: 18
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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.

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