This is an analysis of the poem A Taste With A Better Flavor that begins with:

Do I believe what I cook,
Has a taste with a better flavor? ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXX X XXaXbbX X XX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,1,7,1,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 1101111 101001010 111011001 010010010 111111 111011 0110 110 11100100 011 11101101010 1111011110101 1001100001100 111010101000 10
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 88
  • Average number of words per stanza: 17
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

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