This is an analysis of the poem One Word Is Too Often Profaned that begins with:

One word is too often profaned
For me to profane it;... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXabcbc dadabebe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110110100 110010 11011001 110010 1101101 110010 1100111 110010 11111111 111011 01001101 1010011 0010001101 0011010 001001001 0010110
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 235
  • Average number of words per stanza: 45
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; not, of are repeated.

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