This is an analysis of the poem Can We Mend that begins with:
When you are ready,
Don't stay away....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABBB BCC ABBB BCC DXeXeDFGH ABBBXDDFGHgh
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,3,4,3,9,12,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11110 1101 11011 0110011 0110011 11100 1010010 11110 1101 11011 0110011 0110011 11100 1010010 1011001 110101 1011 01011 1 01011101 01011 1101 011111 11110 1101 11011 0110011 1011001 01011101 01011 1101 011111 11111010 110111
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 109
- Average number of words per stanza: 22
- Amount of lines: 34
- Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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