This is an analysis of the poem O, In A World Of Men And Women that begins with:

0, in a world of men and women,
Where all things seemed so strange to me,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaX XbXb cdcd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100101110 11111101 110101110 11101100 111111010 10011101 110101111 01000101 110111110 11111011 001110010 01110011
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 145
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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