This is an analysis of the poem Forgiving Themselves Of All Sorrows Borrowed that begins with:

Unstrapped from an entrapping sadness.
And unwrapping sentiments....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aab cda aXd aXX cXd dbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,3,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1000110010 1010100 01100010101 1101010110101 1001 1110011010 101011 10101010 0011101 101001100 0010100011101 01110100111 010011110 01010011111 101001011011 010111 101 011100100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 111
  • Average number of words per stanza: 19
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Forgiving Themselves Of All Sorrows Borrowed;
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