This is an analysis of the poem Crisis Counselor that begins with:

She was a coat of arms
seasoned for the job -- tough ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXbcdaXaeXXaXcaXXXdaaaeXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 26,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110101 101011 1101101 1010010 11001101 101001001 10101110 1010011 1010101 1110101 10101 00101010 01010101 11011101 1101011 101101101 101011111 110101010 1111110 110110111 10111001010 110101111 1001010010 1010101101 11101111 0101101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 933
  • Average number of words per stanza: 159
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Crisis Counselor;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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