This is an analysis of the poem Geraldine, Geraldine that begins with:

Geraldine, Geraldine,
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  • Rhyme scheme: AbabaaAA AcacaaAA AcacXaAA AdadaaAA AeaeaaAA AcacaaAA AfafaaAAXAcacaaAA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,17,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 001001 110101 011101 010101 011101 111110 110101 111101 001001 110101 0111111 011101 010101 1010001 110101 111101 001001 110101 011101 1101101 1111110 110111 110101 111101 001001 011101 011101 1011111 011111 1111110 110101 111101 001001 0100111 0101101 010101 011101 111111 110101 111101 001001 111111 011111 010101 010110 010111 110101 111101 001001 101101 111101 100111 1110101 011111 110101 111101 001001 110111 1111101 110101 110111 1111101 110101 111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 211
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 64
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (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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