This is an analysis of the poem Songs In Many Keys that begins with:

1849-1861
THE piping of our slender, peaceful reeds... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: X abbaababcddccd aaaaaaaaeffeef
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,14,14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11 0100110101 10100110101 1011110101 1110010101 10001011101 01001010001 01001010101 1101010101 1111111101 11110100101 11001010101 11001010111 01001010101 01001011111 11011011111 0110110101 1101110101 1111000101 0101001111 1001010101 10010011101 11001010001 1011010111 1101011111 1011001111 1111010101 1100111101 1011110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 430
  • Average number of words per stanza: 74
  • Amount of lines: 29
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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