This is an analysis of the poem Good - Better - Best that begins with:

When young, in tones quite positive
I said, "The world shall see ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbX cbXX Xcac
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011100 111111 11111101 0011010 11111111 111101 101000100 1001010 11010001 110111 11010100 11110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 136
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i is repeated.

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