This is an analysis of the poem Kindness that begins with:
One never knows
How far a word of kindness goes;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaaaa bbccbX ccddaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101 11010101 1101 11010101 1100 01010101 1101 01010111 1101 110100101 0111 11011101 1101 11110101 1101 11110111 1101 0101000111
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 156
- Average number of words per stanza: 30
- Amount of lines: 18
- Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
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