This is an analysis of the poem The One In Ten that begins with:

Nine passed him by with a hasty look,
Each bent on his eager way;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababccXdXdXXdXdXdXbebecc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 24,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 111100101 1110101 111110111 1000111 10100100101 010110101 011110101 1110101 11011111010 1100101 11001010101 1101111111 110110101 1011111 1100111101 1010101 1011111101 111100101 1110011111 0010111 110100111 011111 111010111 0110110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 905
  • Average number of words per stanza: 190
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you is repeated.

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