This is an analysis of the poem As It Was Written that begins with:

Earth, earth,
riding your merry-go-round...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdXeceeX fegdece gXfefcbfae
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,7,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11 1011011 01010 1001 100010110 100011 11010001 111101 11011110 11101110101 1111 100011 11100001 010100010 101100010 10111 0101111 10111 010100 1101111 1001101 10010 101 10011 1100111 001011 01111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 243
  • Average number of words per stanza: 45
  • Amount of lines: 27
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (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 As It Was Written;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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