This is an analysis of the poem "I Have Been A Stranger In A Strange Land&Quot; that begins with:

It wasn't bliss. What was bliss
but the ordinary life? She'd spend hours ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbcdb aXeefba XbfdcXgX dhghcX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,7,8,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0101111 10101011110 01010111 101010100 1100011 111111 100111100 010101 11101011010 10011011010 11110000101100 01011101 1110111010 111101 01110 10111010 1101101 01100010 0100101 11110 1100010 11111001 110010010 00111111 011110101101 0101001100 100011
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 248
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 27
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
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