This is an analysis of the poem Editor Whedon that begins with:

To be able to see every side of every question;
To be on every side, to be everything, to be nothing long;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbcddeXXfdecgdXfaXadbgXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 25,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0010011001010010 00110010010100101 00110101010 011101100010100 11011101 010110110 11110011110 1010101011 1001010 111010010011 100001001 010101 0111010110 1010001101 10110 101010110010 0111011111 0100100101010010 1010111101101 1010011 001100111 1011110101001 101010010 1010111011 1010110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1012
  • Average number of words per stanza: 187
  • Amount of lines: 25
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (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; to, be, every are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words to, and are repeated.

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