This is an analysis of the poem Dad On The Test that begins with:
I reckon (said Dad) that the country's pests
Is this here wireless an' these here Tests.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbcc ddeeaa XXffXd bbggddaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,8,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 1101110101 001101111 100110101 101110101 100101001 11101010111 01011101011 11000110111 101111001 1110110111 100111101 11111111001 11100101 111101111 101110101 0100101101 1110100101 111101101001 1010110111 1010101111 1111100101 0111011000 11001101001 111011101 11101110111 001101111
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 275
- Average number of words per stanza: 55
- Amount of lines: 26
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
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