This is an analysis of the poem I Was Not He that begins with:
I was not he-the man
Who used to pilgrim to your gate,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbaa cddcc Xbbee
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: rondeau
- Metre: 111101 11010011 11111101 1101101 1011 011111 01011111 01111001 010111 0111 111100 01011101 11110111 110100 0111
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 138
- Average number of words per stanza: 29
- Amount of lines: 15
- Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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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