wadeharrell

the poem is 109 characters long
line 0: Mary had a little lamb,
line 1: Its fleece was white as snow,
line 2: And every where that Mary went
line 3: The lamb was sure to go;

wadeharrell

var i,l,
	str = 'Mary had a little lamb, Its fleece was white as snow, And every where that Mary went The lamb was sure to go;',
	poetryM = {'stanza':[[0,109]],'line':[[0,23],[24,53],[54,84],[85,109]]};
console.log('the poem is '+str.length+' characters long');
for(i=0,l=poetryM.line.length;i<l;i++){
	console.log('line '+i+': '+str.slice(poetryM.line[i][0],poetryM.line[i][1]));
}

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{
	'stanza':[
		[0,109]
	],
	'line':[
		[0,23],
		[24,53],
		[54,84],
		[85,109]
	]

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{
	'p':[
		[0,109]
	],
	'br':[
		[24],
		[54],
		[85]
	]
}

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Mary had a little lamb, Its fleece was white as snow, And every where that Mary went The lamb was sure to go;

wadeharrell

<stanza>
	<line>Mary had a little lamb,</line>
	<line>Its fleece was white as snow,</line>
	<line>And every where that Mary went</line>
	<line>The lamb was sure to go;</line>
</stanza>

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<p>
Mary had a little lamb,<br/>
Its fleece was white as snow,<br/>
And every where that Mary went<br/>
The lamb was sure to go;
</p>

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Mary had a little lamb,
Its fleece was white as snow,
And every where that Mary went
The lamb was sure to go;

wadeharrell

<person>Mary</person> had a little <thing>lamb</thing>,
Its <thing>fleece</thing> was white as snow,
And every where that <person>Mary</person> went
The <thing>lamb</thing> was sure to go;

wadeharrell

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