This is an analysis of the poem Theme With Variations that begins with:

I never loved a dear Gazelle--
Nor anything that cost me much: ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcaca aXaX cdcd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11010101 11011111 11010111 11110101 01100111 11110101 11011111 11110101 11110111 111101010 11111111 11011001 11101101 01011101 11110111 01010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 191
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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