This is an analysis of the poem Be Kind that begins with:
we are always asked
to understand the other person's...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abacdef acXaXXed gXdhgdfcX a aX daiee i ihdX hhdbXb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,8,9,1,2,5,1,4,6,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11111 010101010 11 1101 110 101 010 101 01 11010 111 0 100 0100011 1 1100100 110 111 10 0111 1 1010 11010 1 111 11 1 11101 111 00 1101 1 1011 101 0001000 10 1 01110 01000 10 1 0
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 53
- Average number of words per stanza: 10
- Amount of lines: 42
- Average number of symbols per line: 12 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 2
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
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