This is an analysis of the poem To Mary Who Died In This Opinion that begins with:

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Maiden, quench the glare of sorrow... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaXXbcbc Xdedeffff Xgfgfghgh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 10101010 10001101 101011 0010100 10111010 11011111 1111010 110100111 1 1001010 11110101 10111010 0011110 111011 10111110 111111 10101010 1 0101110 1011111 1101010 1100101 1111110 11011101 01101010 1110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 254
  • Average number of words per stanza: 48
  • Amount of lines: 27
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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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