This is an analysis of the poem Limitations Of Genius that begins with:

The audience entire seemed pleased--indeed
_Extremely_ pleased. And little Maymie, freed... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbX aaccddXeeeffgX gbbddggaabX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,14,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 01000101101 010111011 0010010101 0101010011 010100 11111 1101010101 0010011011 0101011101 0101110101 0101010101 0101010110 1001010101 1110010111 1101011100 1101110111 11110011101 0111010101 1101 110101 1101010011 1111010111 0100110011 00101011101 1101110001 0101010101 0101010101 1100010001 0111011101 1101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 397
  • Average number of words per stanza: 70
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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