This is an analysis of the poem For The Foxes that begins with:

Don't feel sorry for me.
I am a competent,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abc debf ghdij kld hdb mXaX nhdX eihl ofd af fmkjaf cd fX jfX fmboj glaXbneadg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,4,5,3,3,4,4,4,3,2,6,2,2,3,5,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111011 110100 1011010 0101010 1 10 01 1100 1011 1 1 100 111 1 101 1 10010 10 100 1 0101 10 0100 101 110 10 10111 101 01001 1 111 10100111 1 111011 011101 110 101100 10 10 01 010 110110 10 11010 11 11010110 110 010010 1101 1001 01 0010 010 11100 01 11 1011 1 01 1 1100 101 10
  • Amount of stanzas: 16
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 49
  • Average number of words per stanza: 9
  • Amount of lines: 63
  • Average number of symbols per line: 12 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 2
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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