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

Gossip right and left you're strowing,
Never heeding what you do;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xababcbcdede baXafgfgbhbh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,12,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111110 1010111 11101110 1110111 11111010 1010111 11011010 1100101 11111010 1011101 100111110 101010111 111001110 0110111 10101110 10111111 111001011 1011101 10101111 1010101 10111110 1000101 111011110 1111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 406
  • Average number of words per stanza: 75
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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