This is an analysis of the poem I Dug Beneath The Cypress Shade that begins with:

I dug, beneath the cypress shade,
What well might seem an elfin's grave;... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cbcb adad
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11010101 11111101 110010111 11110101 11010101 11110101 11010101 0101001 111101001 11010111 10110101 01001101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 138
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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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