This is an analysis of the poem A Positive Disposition that begins with:
Observe to see and believe as is.
To retreat without feeling defeated....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXbbbaX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 010110110 0010110010 0010101001010 0101001 0011100110 1010000100 00100011 10100101110
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 310
- Average number of words per stanza: 54
- Amount of lines: 8
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.
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