This is an analysis of the poem Neither Bloody Nor Bowed that begins with:
They say of me, and so they should,
It's doubtful if I come to good....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbbbccdd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11011111 01001100 11010011 01010101 11010001 01011101 11011001 11011111 11001101 010001111
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 315
- Average number of words per stanza: 56
- Amount of lines: 10
- 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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