This is an analysis of the poem A Poet! He Hath Put His Heart To School that begins with:

. A poet!--He hath put his heart to school,
Nor dares to move unpropped upon the staff... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaXaabcdcdcX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 0101110101 11011000101 1111010111 1111011111 1101001101 11010010101 0111110111 1111110101 11011100101 01010101001 1001101101 1100100101 1111000101 1001010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 643
  • Average number of words per stanza: 113
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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