This is an analysis of the poem Leg Theory that begins with:
Oh, what a pleasant game is life
When we are bravely batting... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcbcb dedefgfg hbhbibib
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11010101 1111010 1100111 1101010 11110101 1101010 10011111 1111010 01010101 1001110 11011111 11001110 11010101 1111110 11011111 1110010 11011111 1011110 11001101 1100010 11111101 01110010 11010001 1101010
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 254
- Average number of words per stanza: 49
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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