This is an analysis of the poem Occupation: Father that begins with:

My son finds occupation
in almost nothing, in everything:... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXabcdcce aXfbcd fceXf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,6,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111010 011100101 110100011 010101 1010101 10111 1101001 11010111 01110100 010111 1111111 1111101 1010101 10000100 101011 1000110011 00010001 11001 111001 010100111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 186
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • 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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