This is an analysis of the poem Arethusa that begins with:

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Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbbXXbccbddbeefggf XhhXiijhhkggklgfmmf XaaXhhlggihXiddhedh XbbXbbbbbmbbmjjicXi abbchhcffXkkXfflaal
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 19,19,19,19,19,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 100001 00101 001000010 01101 01001 1000110 11101 00111 100101 01101 01001 1100101 110110 111010 0101111 011010 1101010 11100101 1 1101 10101 00100101 110010 0010010 110001 10111 00101 0100101 111110 01010 01000101 101101 001010 110101 111001 00111 001001001 1 111111 110111 11111101 01101 00111 1010101 110010 01110 110101 010010 010100 00101001 10101 101001 10101 1110010 010010 10100101 1 10010 101010 1111010 10101 001001 10101001 1011 10101 10110101 11001 101001 11110101 10001 10111 100101 11101 00101 11011001 1 110110 01010 11110101 11110 11010 1111001 11111 01101 00100101 11011 10101 10110100 11111 00101 0101001 11011 00101 1111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 472
  • Average number of words per stanza: 86
  • Amount of lines: 95
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (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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