This is an analysis of the poem At The Church-Gate that begins with:

Although I enter not,
Yet round about the spot, ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabaab aacddc aabaab aXeffe ggaaaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111101 110101 100110 110101 010111 01000 010111 010101 11110 110101 010101 11010 110111 101101 110010 010111 111111 110100 110111 111111 10110 101101 010111 01010 110101 101001 100001 1111011 111101 10010
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 156
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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