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  • Rhyme scheme: a bcddc dceec fghhg ijdXj gkllk ghddh hdkkd edhhd mnbbn ohcch onggn ociic hXcck ccddc bkffk dcddc dihhi pgjjg hffff mghhX Xhiih eieeX djddj hfddf middi mdood mhooh figgk kdmmd middi jdqXd ckbbk micci nkeeX hceeX biXfi edmmX cecce d mcddc hfmmX Xmmmm ikiik
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,1,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,1,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
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11010101 111101101 01010100 101010101 11110001 11111101 11011011 010010101 100010111 111101010 01010011 11001101 1101010 101011111 01000101 010101001 11010001 01000101 101010101 11111111 10110101 110100101 11010011 101111101 01110111 01010101 01010101 0100111 11010101 11110111 01011101 01010111 1001010 10101111010 01011101 11010101 10110101 111101 101011101 11111101 01000101 011111001 11010101 101110111 010001001 111101001 11011100 101101 1001100110 1101001010 01010101 01100101 1101010 101110101 11111011 11010101 01010101 110111 101010101 111011010 11010101 00110101 01010100 11010111 100101010 111111110 1111011110 1101100 1011101101 11110101 1010100110 11110111 110011 100111101 01010111 101110101 11110101 0101010 110100111 11010001 001111010 110101010 010101 11 11011101 10110101 011101001 101101001 11011101 10010110001 010111010 01011111 11011101 110010001 10101111100 110101010 101000101 11011101 111101010 11110011 100111110 110010101 11010101 1101010 1011110010 111101010 11101101 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11111101 11110101 11000101 10111101 01010101 01010101 101100101 10011111 11010001 011101 11011111 110110111 110111010 110111110 110100101 11001001 11001101 110010111 11010111 110101 00111101 11000111 11011101 11010101 10010111 11010101 11110111 01110101 110101001 000101 01111101 11110101 010111110 110001010 110111 11111011 10110111 11011101 11010101 01010101 11010101 01011101 11111101 01011101 11010101 01011111 01010111 11111101 10010111 010101 01110011 11110101 11011101 01010001 01111111 10111101 11000111 11110101 01011011 11111011 01011101 01010101 11110101 11010111 010101 10100110111 11011111 11010101 11011101 101111 11000111 11110101 10111001 00111101 100101 01000101 01010101 010100111 01010101 110101011 11010101 01100101 11111101 11010101 11111101 11010001 1001101110 11010111 11010101 110001 11010111 11110111 10010101 01010001 110111 11011110 11011101 11010101 01010001 110111 01010001 100100101 01110001 01010101 110101 01110001 11100101 01010001 01011111 11010101 11010111 11010101 11111111 01011101 010101 11111001 01110101 11010101 11011001 010110111 01010101 01110111 110111010 011101010 111101 11011101 11110001 11111101 11010011 110101 01111111 110110000 11010101 01010111 0101100 0111111 110101010 111010101 11110101 11110100 101010101 100011111 01010111 11110111 0111001 011101010 11010101 11010101 10010001 11010011 10010101 11111101 000111010 111110010 00111101 01011101 01010101 11010101 11000111 01111001001 10110101 11010011 010101110 0111001010 10110101 01010101 11110101 101011111 111111011 10100110100 11010101 110101001 11010111 11010101 111101 01010101 1101101 01010111 10010101 1101001011 00010101 01110001 00010101 01000101 00010101 01010101 11010111 010101010 110111100 010101101 00011001 010010010100 11010101 01010111 1101001010 10011101 110111010 11110111 11110001 0110010 11011101 10010101 11110101 010111001 10110001 11110101 11010101 01010101 11011101 1111100101 110 11110001 010101010 01010101 11010101 010101110 01010111 110100001 101111010 010111010 000101 11011101 110101010 11010101 11011101 010101010 01010111 01011101 11110111 11010101 0100101 11100101 00110101 101010111 11010101 010101 11010101 11011101 10010001 01000101 11000111 01011101 11110111 110100101 01010101 110101 1100011 11000111 11010110 01010101 11110101 01111001 01010001 11011101 11010111 01010101 11111101 11101111 01110111 11100101 100101 11011011 11010101 110101110 10101110010 001100010 0111111 111110110 01010101 11011111 101001010 11110101 11111111 11011111 11111111 01000111 01011101 01011101 11010101 11010101 100101011 01010101 01111111 01011111 11011110 11010101 11011101 01010101 01110101 00010101 110100101 11010101 11010011 01110001 11101100 010111 11010001 11010001 11000101 11110001 11100101 01010111 100100010 11010101 10011001 010101010 11111101 11110111 01110101 01111001 10010001 11010111 101101001 110001000 11101110 11110101 10011101 11010111 00010111 11000111 11110101 010111010 11110101 01010101 11010111 110100101 11001111 11110111 10110010 10110101 1000101001 01011101 010010101 11001111 11010111 01010100 11011101 11011111 01010001 10100101 01010101 01110111 10111111 10010101 11010111 11010101 11010101 01010111 11110101 01111101 11110101 10010101 00010101 01010111 01010101 010111 11010101 01111101 01011101 10000101 10010101 011101101 11010101 101101010 111111010 11010101 11010101 01010101 110000101 01111100 111101 11010001 111101010 01111111 01010101 111101010 010010011 00111111 11010101 01011000 0101011 11010101 110100111 01010101 11110101 01110101 11010101 01010001 101010111 01011101 111011000 00111111 110100101 11010101 11110101 01011101 01010111 01110101 11010110 11010101 10010101 01100101 11111111 111110001 11110111 11000101 11110101 1111011 11011100 01010110 110101 01110111 11011101 11011101 10111111 11011101 11 11010101 110010101 11010111 010110101 01110001 10111111 111010101 11010100 01111111 11001111 01010111 10011101 011101010 110101010 00110111 01011001 11011111 01110101 01100101 01001101 01011101 01000101 11111101 011100101 10010001 11000101 11001111 1000101110 101101010 111111 11010111 11110111 11010101 01011101 10110100 11110101 10111111 01010101 110111001 11110101 11010111 01010101 10110110 11111100 110111001 11000101 110010111 11000111 01010111 11010101 11111101 11011101 110010111 11111101 111100 111101010 110011101 110111010 110101010 1100111 110010101 11000101 110101010 1101000010 010100011 10010101 11011101 11011101 01010101 11110101 110001010 1111010100 1011101011 101110111 11110100 101011111 111011010 11010011 01011111 1110110100 10010101 01010111 10011101 11101101 010111 10111101 11011101 100100101 11010101 011101110 01011111 01110101 11001101 010011001 01010011 11000101 10100101 10010101 01010101 00110101 11000101 010101001 11010101 10011011 11010101 1101001110 010101110 01111101 11100101 1101010 11110101 01100101 11010101 11000111 11010101 01100111 011001001 01010101 01010101 11001101 10100001 01011100 011101110 010101010 11000101 11000101 11000101 111111001 01010100 110111 010011101 11010111 11000101 11010101 11110101 11010101 11001101 0100100101 11010101 10111101 11010101 01001101 010100111 101100110 01010101 11010001 11110001 11010101 11010001 11010101 11110101 01011101 01110101 111101010 110111 01010101 01000101 11110101 11010101 110101 11001101 11100101 111101111 01110101 11001011 11110101 01011101 110111010 110101010 01010101 01010011 11111101 010101011 010101010 110111 11111101 11001101 10010111 11110111 100101 11010001 11001101 010101001 11000100 11001101 110101001 010100101 111100010 010101110 11100111 11010111 010100110 11010111 01010111 101011100 01110101 110001010 01000111 11101011 0100010 10010101 11111001 11111111 01010101 01000101 011100101 11010101 10110101 01010100 01001101 1001001101 101111101 01010111 10111111 111101 100011111 11010011 1001010010 111101110 1101110 101110111 01010101 11110100 01111111 110001 11011100 111101010 01010101 11010111 010001010 11000111 11010001 10010011 11011101 11011111 111111101 11010101 01011101 11001101 01110111 010000111 11010101 100010100 11010101 01010101 11000101 101011101 01010101 01010111 110011 11010111 11110101 01011101 11010100 10010101 01010101 11110111 11111101 10010111 110101 11010111 11010101 10010111 110100101 110101011 10010111 011101010 11001101 11110001 101011100 01011101 110101010 01110110 11110001 11010101 11000101 01011101 1001111 10110101 10010101 11100101 10110001 01010101 11010101 11011101 11011111 01010101 010101111 01110101 111100 101011111 110111010 10110101 10011111 010101 11010111 010101010 110101110 110001010 010100010 11111110 01011111 11010111 01110101 011101 01010101 01011101 11111101 11011101 111101 101010101 01110101 11110101 11001101 0111010 01010101 010100111 01010101 11111101 110101 11110101 01010001 101010101 11010111 11010101 101110101 01110111 11010101 100111010 0101010100 01110101 110101001 10010101 11010101 10011111000 11010101 11100101 11010101 10010101 110101001 01010101 01000101 00110101 11010001 01110101 111011001 11010101 010100111 11010111 1101010101 11010101 00010101 11111111 00110101 011101001 11011101 01110111 10010101 10110101 01010111 11011101 11000111 101101011 11111111 01111011001 11110011 01010101 11010001 010111001 11010111 01010101 110111010 11010101 11010101 1111010 100101101 11010111 01011101 11010111 11010101 01011001 11010101 11010101 111110101 10111011100 11111001 01010001 10110110 10111101 01011101 11000011 11011101 10010101 11011001 01010100 11011111 10010001 010101010 110111010 01001101
  • Amount of stanzas: 231
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 174
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 1139
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, we, earth, that, i, of, stars, her, there, he, had, as, his, no, all, nor, ye, to, must, kisses, with are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words there's, through, my, the, may, and, had, a, as, of, he, there, to, all, with, among, more, is, such, 'tis, nor, this, now, she are repeated.

    The author used the same words away, the, or, and, repent at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines stars, sound are repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word ear at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases weak, heard connect the lines.

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