This is an analysis of the poem The Poet Fears Failure that begins with:
The poet fears failure
& so she says...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcdXcbe XXdfX agde gaafgXb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,5,4,7,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 010110 111 1011 10010 110 0110 11111 110101 0100101001 1001010 11 101101 101011 0001010 01101010 101 110111 010 00010 0110 110111 11 01
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 92
- Average number of words per stanza: 18
- Amount of lines: 23
- Average number of symbols per line: 19 (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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