This is an analysis of the poem Disillusioned - By An Ex-Enthusiast that begins with:

Oh, that my soul its gods could see
As years ago they seemed to me... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabccb ddeaXX ffcggc hhijji ggkcck jjhaaX hhjeej bbjXXj gglmml
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11110111 10011101 111100 01000101 01010001 01010 01111101 01110101 100101 01011101 01010100 1101010 11100101 10000111 011101 01011101 01010100 110100 01001101 01000101 010101 11011101 100111101 111101 11010101 01011101 01001 11000101 01011101 110011 110010110 01011111 010101 01010101 01111100 011000 11010101 01010101 010101 01001101 110011111 010101 010010101 01000101 010101 11110101 01010001 110011 11111111 10110111 111101 11010111 01111101 011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 180
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 54
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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