This is an analysis of the poem Fleas that begins with:

My thoughts are like fleas,
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbabcdcdeaeA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111 010010 11111 001110 010111 111110 110001 110110 110110 01001 011010 11111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 288
  • Average number of words per stanza: 53
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Fleas;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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