This is an analysis of the poem Devoted And Truer Fools that begins with:
Those who 'use' to be the ones,
Depicted as fools....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaXXaXX abab Xaaab
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,4,5,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11100001 01011 0001001 0101001111 11001 1001001 00101010100 0111 11111011 10101010 0101101010 10111 1111001 010011100 1010101101 101110
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 169
- Average number of words per stanza: 29
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.
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