This is an analysis of the poem August 15 that begins with:

My new Web site is dropdead.com
It's interactive you get to choose how...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXaXXXaXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 11110100 0101011011 1111111 110111001 01011101 111110001 01111001011 10101100 10100101010 101010011001 101010100101 1111010011 011111001110 01111111100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 535
  • Average number of words per stanza: 103
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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