This is an analysis of the poem Walter Simmons that begins with:

My parents thought that I would be
As great as Edison or greater:...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXabcdaeXdXafXcddebfba
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 22,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011110 111100110 11011101 11011101 1101001011 11010111 1100111010 10011101 00100010000 111101110 11011101 110101010 1101001101 10101010 101010010 110010001 111101110 010110101 1011101110 11110101 01010110 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 800
  • Average number of words per stanza: 149
  • Amount of lines: 22
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; as, and, thinking are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

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