This is an analysis of the poem Not A Word! (Or Unconditional Surrender) that begins with:
Why should we tell the Hun
What happens when we've won?...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbaaccbbddccX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: rondeau
- Metre: 111101 110111 111101 110101 110001 110111 011101 110101 111111 110001 111101 0101001 111101 000101 0111
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 381
- Average number of words per stanza: 76
- Amount of lines: 15
- Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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