This is an analysis of the poem To The Accuser Who Is The God Of This World that begins with:

Truly My Satan thou art but a Dunce
And dost not know the Garment from the Man... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXa abab
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1011011101 1111010001 1001010101 1111011001 1111010101 010010111 0101010101 0110011001
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 154
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 8
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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