This is an analysis of the poem Franklin Jones that begins with:

If I could have lived another year
I could have finished my flying machine,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXaXabXXab
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011110101 1111011001 1011110 10010010 110100111 10111010 110011101 1100101 001001 110111101 1101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 364
  • Average number of words per stanza: 74
  • Amount of lines: 11
  • 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.

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