This is an analysis of the poem The Prisoner that begins with:
ALL right,
Go ahead!...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: cinquain
- Metre: 11 101 1001 1110100 1110110
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 96
- Average number of words per stanza: 21
- Amount of lines: 5
- Average number of symbols per line: 18 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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