This is an analysis of the poem As A Poet that begins with:

The thing I like best,
About having the freedom to express......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababaaabXbXcbbXXcbaabXaXaXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 28,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01111 0110010001 1010 00 1110101011 00010010 1100010101 1010111010 11101010 01111101 001010010 001010 001100 1111000110 0011001 1101011 11101110 00111111 1111001 10111111 1111011 1010 110110001 11101 00011001011011 100011 01101110101 01010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 862
  • Average number of words per stanza: 159
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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