This is an analysis of the poem A Question Asked Of Others that begins with:

WHY?
Is often heard to be a question, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xabccdc cefegXdX ehbibhgfh bX cccfXccfbica
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,8,9,2,12,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 010100010 1010 11001101 001011001 101000110100 1110100110 010100101 10101110 1011101010 11010010 100101011 10010100100 1000101110 11 110 01010011001 101001001 000111010 011010 1110101 00101101 101010 010110101100 1111 11111011 111001 1111101001 10 1101100011010 11100100010001 010000101 001010101101 0110011101 11001001001 11011011010 1
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 205
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 37
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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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