This is an analysis of the poem That's The Sum Of It that begins with:

I don't know which to mourn. Both have died on me, my wife and
my car. I feel strongly about my car, but I am also affected by my,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXcdbXXcad
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110111111111 11111001111111001011 101111110101110 1001111111010101 1101011100010110111 11001011111011011 11110 011111110101010001 1101111010101011101 110101010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 304
  • Average number of words per stanza: 63
  • Amount of lines: 10
  • Average number of symbols per line: 60 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 13
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; my, i, wife, car are repeated.

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