This is an analysis of the poem The Truth About Envy that begins with:

I like to see the flowers grow,
To see the pansies in a row;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddcXeeffbbbbggeeaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 24,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010101 01010001 11011101 11110101 111101010 011111110 11011111 01011101 11111101 01010101 01010101 11011101 11011111 11011111 11010111 11111101 01010111 11110101 11010101 11010001 11011101 01110101 11111101 01111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 791
  • Average number of words per stanza: 170
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, of are repeated.

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