This is an analysis of the poem A Fool that begins with:

Says Anderson, Theosophist:
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  • Rhyme scheme: XabXXX ccbddb aabbbb eecaac ffdggd hhicci
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1100100 10010101 0101 11010101 10111101 0101 11000101 101010111 1101 11010101 10010101 1001 11000101 11110111 1100 11010101 01010101 1101 01010101 10110101 0101 11010101 11001101 1101 11000101 01110001 1111 0101101 10110011 1101 11100101 01010101 1101 01011111 01010101 0101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 165
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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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  • summary of A Fool;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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