This is an analysis of the poem The Atheist And The Acorn that begins with:

Methinks this World is oddly made,
And ev'ry thing's amiss, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaab cacca dedde cfccf fXfff Xghhg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10010101 110101 010101001 11110101 110000 01111101 010111 01110101 110101001 110001 11010111 1100001 11010101 010101001 010101 11010111 110101 11011101 11110101 111100 11010011 110110 11110101 11010001 110101 1010101110 110101 11110101 11011111 111100
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 165
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.

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