This is an analysis of the poem Song Of Myself, XXIX that begins with:

Blind loving wrestling touch, sheath'd hooded sharp-tooth'd touch!
Did it make you ache so, leaving me?... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XX aX Xa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101001110111 001111101 1011010010010001001 11001110110100 11101011101010110 1101010011110
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 114
  • Average number of words per stanza: 17
  • Amount of lines: 6
  • Average number of symbols per line: 57 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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