This is an analysis of the poem Sing, Sweet Harp that begins with:

Sing, sweet Harp, oh sing to me
Some song of ancient days, ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbdedeafcf gAgAhdhdgAgA hihijcjaeaea
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,12,12,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111101 110101 11001100 110111 11110101 111111 01011101 111101 1111101 011101 11011100 111001 11000111 011111 10011101 010111 01010111 011101 01110101 110101 01110111 011111 01011101 010111 11111101 1101011 110001101 1111001 11111101 110100 11001101 011111 11111101 110101 110000111 111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 390
  • Average number of words per stanza: 71
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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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