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  • Rhyme scheme: Xabc XX dddedfefXgXddhXifaaiijj X jkjkddXXfggffbkXb X ccfifikkddllekkkkhhabba X mdXmmlnXddlhmhmcocokk i XbXbnnbXchXcXXcXjjXkXkkhXk i XniffXiddfppXaXdX X kokkobbffbbdfgcXfgcX X ikiaXkkeddebeebbndnffdd XXdkkdhdhjccjfiih
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,2,23,1,17,1,23,1,21,1,26,1,17,1,20,1,23,17,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 100 01100101011010010010101010110010101101101011000100010 1 01001000 11011101 1010 110001 11010001010 10010 01010101010 1000010101 1100010101 110 1111110101 1101100100 1111 0100101100 001010110010 1101100010 0111011101 1101010100 1110 1101010101001010 11110101010 11010100010 011111 1111 0101010101 1001001101101 1 1001110011 1101110001 1011 0111100101 1101011011 111101 0101011101 011101 11110010111 101111 01001 1111010101 11001101101 0101010001 110111001 0110111 1111110101 1 1101110101 1011010111 11110101110 1100110111 10110111010 1100010111 1100111101 110001 1111101101 1111011111 11010101111 00101101010 10110101010 1111010001 010011 1111010101 110001 1111110101 11 10000101110 01000101111 0101010101 0101010 1 1101001101 1101000101 1001011110 1101010011 1101010101 1101000101 11010100101 111111 1100011111 1011011100 1101010101 1001010011 1101010101 10011110011 1101010101 1101001101 110001010100 11011010001 110101010100 0101011101 1101100101 1 1111110000 1110010011 11100 1001000101 1101011101 011101 1001011101 1011001011 1110001001 0111011111 110101 1101111101 110101001000 10010100 1101110001 1101011101 110111 1101 0101000111 1101110101 01111100010 110101 1001111111 1101010011 111111 1111010111 1 1111010110 1101111101 1111010011 1101111101 1111010111 1011011101 1111010101 1101010111 0111 1101101111 1110011101 110111 10110100110 11110101010 110111 1111110111 01010 1 1111010101 01010111010 111010101 1101010101 11110101010 10010010111 1111000111 0101010101 101110101 11010101010 11011111010 1101011010 1101010101 101110111 01010011110 01011010101 011111 1101010101 11111110010 011101 1 1101111101 1101101101 1010010101 101101100110 1001011010010 1101011101 1001011101 10011100010 11010101010 11110 01010101010 1101010101 11110101010 1010010 1011010101 010111 1101010011 01010101010 1101011111 1101011011 1101011011 10110101010 11010111010 1 11010101110 0101001101 010101 11010111010 11011101010 01110 01000111110 1111110011 01010001010 10111101011 1111110101 10011101010 1111110011 1101110100 01001111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 19
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 408
  • Average number of words per stanza: 70
  • Amount of lines: 208
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, of, as, in, thy, to, for, by are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words in, the, thou, thy, there, and are repeated.

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