This is an analysis of the poem There Was A Man And A Woman that begins with:

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  • Rhyme scheme: XABcde X ABdXXXC X CbbeXbab
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,1,7,1,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 11011010 11 100110100 1010100 110110 1 11011010 11 101100 101011010 1111 111010100 11011 1 11011 111011 1101 111110100 10011 1101 11101001 10110010
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 107
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 23
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (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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