This is an analysis of the poem One Thirty-Six A.M. that begins with:

I laugh sometimes when I think about
say...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXXXcccde fegahi jakkaicljlef XXafgcXclb dhccjija aXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,6,12,10,8,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110111101 1 110110 10010 110 101010111 1010101111 101101 110100001 1101011010 001011 1100101 11 101011101 00101 0011 1111100 101111110 10111101101 101 11111 110101 0111111 11111 1111110 01 01100110 10101 1011000110 11001110001 11111 1110101 110110101 0 100101001 11101001 01 1101 111 111 11111111 1010111 1110110 10 100100 1 110101 1101 1
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 199
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 49
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (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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