This is an analysis of the poem Basking In The Glow that begins with:
When one's life has been spent self indulged...
Do you think they have discussions, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abb cXb XXdabd XXXc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,6,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111101101 11111010 01111110111 111101111 1110010110100010 101011010 101011111111 10110100010010 1101 000100 110101010101 0111010010 01110010 101011100010110 101111000 111010101001
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 172
- Average number of words per stanza: 29
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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