This is an analysis of the poem Eleventh Hour that begins with:

The bloom was off the economic recovery.
"I just want to know one thing," she said....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXbXcdebdfXfeceXdXaeX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 22,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0111010100100 10110111011 111111101 01111101101 0101001111111 011011001 101101010100 111100001111111 111110101 1010111001101 0101000101 01011010101010 11010111111101 01011010101 0101100101011 0111010111 011010110 101011111101 100100111000101 111111011010 11101001111010 01100111011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1068
  • Average number of words per stanza: 199
  • Amount of lines: 22
  • Average number of symbols per line: 48 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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