This is an analysis of the poem Songs Of The Pixies that begins with:

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbbBcbcB XbbXcddddeeff Xgagacchihbbi XffcXcaajkjllhh ajjcddcmnnccmaa abncbcnkkffcc XcclhhlggllXcakak Xbbgccgbbgjjll Xbnbodndo
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,13,13,15,15,13,17,14,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 1010101 1001100 1010111 1010011 1010101 1011101 1010101 1010011 1 110101001 11010101 1011110 11010101 110110101 1010111 11010101 0010101001 110111010 10101010 110010101 1101000101 1 1111010 11010101 11001001010 100101 100101 100101 10000111001 01010101001 1011010101 011101 1101001 1110010111 1 10101001 01111101 11001101 010110010 1010101 11010100001 100101 11110101 10010101 0101001 10110101001 110101 100111101001 1101010101 1 110101 100101 110010101001 110101 110001 1001010101 11010101010 011101000101 110001000101 1001000101 1111111101 110101010 0110010101 1011010101 1 1101010001 11110101001 11010011101 10001000101 11000100101 01110101001 1011010101 1101010101 110101101 11001010101 1101010101 0111110101 1 111001 110001 1001010111 01101111 01110101 1111000101 10000101 1100101 111101 1010101 110100101 101100101101 1101110101 10001010101 11010011101 1100010001 1 1010001 1010101 1111011101 011001 110111 1101011111 1010101 11110001 010101 10010101 1111010001 1101110001 111101 1 1001110101 01011101 11010101001 0101110101 11001100101 110100111 1100010101 110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 445
  • Average number of words per stanza: 77
  • Amount of lines: 118
  • 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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