This is an analysis of the poem As If In A Game Of 'show And Tell' that begins with:
Some people live their lives,
As if in a game of 'Show and Tell'....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXXbXc bcXbXa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110111 100010111 1011 001010101 10100101010 100111011 100100010100 1100101100 000100110 1000000101 001111010 1101000100101
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 212
- Average number of words per stanza: 37
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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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