This is an analysis of the poem Christopher Robin that begins with:

I must think suddenly of matters too difficult for a bear of little brain. I have never asked myself what lies beyond the place where we live, I and...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111100010110010101011110111110101111111010110011100101010100111101111111010101001011010 11101000011101011100110110110011111101011111100111101100110010100111111111010111110110011110111101111101111011011111110011111011001010110101011111111111111101100010111011
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 510
  • Average number of words per stanza: 101
  • Amount of lines: 2
  • Average number of symbols per line: 510 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 101
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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