This is an analysis of the poem I'D Rather Have Habits Than Clothes that begins with:

I'd Rather Have Habits Than Clothes,
For that's where my intellect shows....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabba aabba bbccb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 11011011 11111011 11111 111111 01011011 11011101 11011011 11111 01011 10101101 11111101 11111101 101001 011001 01000101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 150
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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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