This is an analysis of the poem On Being A Householder that begins with:
I live inside of a machine
or machines. Every time one ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabXcdbcadXeXeXcXadd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 20,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 11010001 10110011 1101011 1111111 1010001 1100101 1110111 1111010 11111101 111101 001111 101110111 1101010 101110011 10110111 11110010 1011101110 11110101 01000111 011001001
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 629
- Average number of words per stanza: 121
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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