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  • Rhyme scheme: a bcbbcc bXbbbb bbbbbb X bddbeffee bggbfbbff X bhhbfbbf bbbbijji X kaaXgbbg alalbmmb a bhhbffb bffbbbb bddbnnb ibbibbi allabbk a ibbieio lddlele nllncnc X bllbele lgglggg ccccccc bllbplp X Xppbcbbecce naanXXldffd X obeebbhaah lbllXbbiib f ajkjXffb anangbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,6,6,6,1,9,9,1,8,8,1,8,8,1,7,7,7,7,7,1,7,7,7,1,7,7,7,7,1,11,11,1,10,10,1,8,8,1,7,7,7,1,8,8,1,8,8,8,1,10,10,1,11,11,1,18,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 01110100 11010001 01011111 11010100 11011111 11111111 01110100 11010100 110100101 010101001 01011111 01001001 110000101 010101010 11000101 101010011 01010101 010101010 1 01110001 01110101 01000101 01010011 011100101 11010101 01110101 1100101 11010111 11110101 1111111 10110111 01001101 0101101 0100011011 01010111 11010001 010000100 1 11010101 01010101 11110101 01010001 01010101 01110101 11010101 01010001 01010111 010101010 01011101 11010001 11000100 11010001 11010001 11110111 1 01111100 01111011 11110001 11000101 01111010 01000101 110100101 01000101 01011101 11010101 01110111 11110111 10010111 01011101 011101001 110010001 1 11010111 11011101 11010101 01000111 110100111 11010101 11010101 10010101 01011111 01110111 11110101 11110101 01110001 010101001 11010111 11110111 01010101 11010100 01111101 110010111 01110111 01010101 1111001001 110001011 01010101 11011101 011100001 11100111 11011001 11010101 10010111 01011101 01111101 01110101 11111100 1 011010111 01010101 11010101 01010101 01010101 110010111 010101010 01010100 01110001 11110101 01010001 11010101 01011101 111010101 11111101 01111100 11010111 01111101 01110111 01101101 110000101 1 11011101 01110101 100100111 01100101 10111101 01010101 01011101 11110101 11010111 11010001 01011101 11010101 01100111 01110111 11110101 01010101 01011101 01110111 01000111 01110111 11011101 11010011 01111001 01000111 11110111 010100001 11010111 11000111 1 011101010 11010111 01111111 111101010 01101101 01010101 11110011 11011101 11110101 01010101 11010101 11110001 11110101 11010101 11010111 010101000 01010111 10100011 11110100 01110111 10110001 11010111 1 10010100 10111101 11100001 01011101 01010101 01010111 11010111 01010101 10010101 11010101 01011101 01100101 01010111 01010101 11010001 11010111 010001111 01011100 01010111 11000101 1 01011101 01110111 10011100 11011101 11010100 110100101 11011101 11010101 11110101 11110001 01011101 11010101 11010101 01010101 010010111 01111101 1 11011101 01100101 010010101 01010101 11010101 01011101 11010101 11011101 010010111 11111101 01010101 11011101 11010101 01010101 11011100 01011111 11110100 01011101 01010101 11010100 11010111 1 11110101 11010101 110011111 11010001 01000111 11010101 010000111 10100100 11111101 11010101 11011111 11110111 11010101 01010111 01110111 11100101 1 11111101 11010101 01010011 11010111 11010100 11111111 11011111 10011101 11011101 10010101 01111001 11110111 111100001 11010100 01111101 10010111 11010111 01001001 11010101 10110011 01010101 11011111 01011111 11010101 1 11010101 11110111 11101101 01010101 01010101 11110111 01010001 11010101 01111101 10010101 11010101 11000111 01010111 01010011 01010111 100010111 01010111 01011111 01010111 11010001 1 11010101 10010001 01010101 01001101 01011101 10010111 01011101 11011101 110101001 010010101 01110101 111110010 11010100 11111111 01110101 011001001 01000111 01110111 01010101 01011101 11011001 10000101 1 01111101 01100101 11110001 110101001 11110101 010010001 01011101 10010101 11011101 01010101 11110101 10010001 01110111 01110101 01110101 11011100 11010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 57
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 204
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 346
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, no, hath, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words it, the, them, o, with, and are repeated.

    The author used the same words the, all, give at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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