Poem Analysis of Lines: That Time Is Dead For Ever, Child! by Percy Bysshe Shelley for close reading

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Rhyme scheme: abcddXbc XaXbbXaX
Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,
Closest metre: iambic trimeter
Сlosest rhyme: limerick
Сlosest stanza type: tercets
Guessed form: unknown form
Metre: 1 11011101 1101110 11101 1101 101010111 01111101 0111110 1 01111111 0111000 1111 0011 11010100 01111111 00101110
Amount of stanzas: 2
Average number of symbols per stanza: 211
Average number of words per stanza: 43
Amount of lines: 16
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.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.

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