This is an analysis of the poem A Way They Express Their Gratitude that begins with:
When one allows him or herself,
To follow the dictates of a child....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXbXXbXa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11011101 010001001 011100001 100 1101101 00100101010010 1010111101 010101 0011011101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 296
- Average number of words per stanza: 52
- Amount of lines: 9
- 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.
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