This is an analysis of the poem As The Poems Go that begins with:

As the poems go into the thousands you
realize that you've created very...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabcXdXdXabcX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101000101 1011101010 10 011001011 0100110100 0010 10000100110 01011111 011001010101 01101110 10 101 111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 361
  • Average number of words per stanza: 69
  • Amount of lines: 13
  • 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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