This is an analysis of the poem To La Sansoeur that begins with:
I KNOW not how to call you light,
Since I myself was lighter; ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXaX babX cXcX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11110111 1111110 11111101 1001100 11110101 1101010 11110101 1101100 10110101 1101011 11011101 1101100
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 134
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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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