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

To-day I hate that bitter creed,
Whereby the groaning soul is taught... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdXd XeXe cbcb abab fXfX gcgc cdXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 01111101 01010101 11010101 011101011 11100101 010100101 01010100 01010101 01000101 010001001 01010101 01010111 10110100 11011101 11101100 010000101 11011111 11010111 01010001 11010100 01011101 11110101 110101111 010111000 11110101 01011111 01110101 010101010 11111101 1111101 11111111 11110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 134
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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