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  • Rhyme scheme: aBCDDEDFDG ebhigdc aBCDDEDFDG XdXh X b XjXX ji XX Xdg X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,7,10,4,1,1,4,2,2,3,1,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 101 111001 0110100010 10110100 111101000 11101110010 11101 010101001010100 110101010110 110 111101 11010001001010 11100110110 101011111 10101000010 11010110110111 1 101 111001 0110100010 10110100 111101000 11101110010 11101 010101001010100 110101010110 11011111 01010111011100 111111111 1010111111101 11 100 1 101010101 111010110101 1110101010110101 01110101 11010 1 111011101 11110 00 11001110011 110101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 133
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 45
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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