This is an analysis of the poem A Switch Hitter Looks For 'That' Pitch that begins with:
A switch hitter looks for 'that' pitch.
That certain one, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xabbb acaXX cXXcbb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,6,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01101111 1101 01011100 10101111 101011001 0011011 1110001 10011 1010110101 01100010101 10011010010 1010 100010011 10101011011 101101 10100100111
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 182
- Average number of words per stanza: 37
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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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