This is an analysis of the poem To Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin that begins with:

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Mine eyes were dim with tears unshed;... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbcbdd XededaX Xcacaff Xgbgbdd aghghaaXaghghaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,15,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 1 11010110 11111111 11010111 01111111 11001101 01010011 1 01110111 11010101 01011001 01011111 100100101 0110100 1 110111010 010110 010110010 11111001 11011101 01011101 1 01111101 01110111 110111101 11001111 11010111 10010101 1 11110111 01110111 11011101 01110111 11010110 11011111 1 10101111 11110101 11101111 01011101 01011100 01011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 214
  • Average number of words per stanza: 41
  • Amount of lines: 42
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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.

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