This is an analysis of the poem Would You Believe It? that begins with:
One year ago I wished that I
A banker great might be... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaXX bbXb bcac baXa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11011111 010110 00101010 1010100 0101110 00101010 111101101 0101110 0101110 0010001 10101011 1011111 0101110 110111 11110101 1110101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 112
- Average number of words per stanza: 22
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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