This is an analysis of the poem Don't Rain On My Parade that begins with:
Very few have been known to succeed,
Without motivation, incentive......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXbccada eX XcacXcd fgX XXcchc XiaidX ddgdda dX fcjhhcej X idieid XXXe
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,2,7,3,6,6,6,2,8,1,6,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101101001 011010010 1010011010 1101101001 1101101 10111 11000010 10110010 101101 110 11011 11111 1011 010101 0111 1111101 00111101 1101011 1100 1101 111100010 1100100 1111001 10001 11110101 10111 111101010 1 11010011 0111 10111001 01010 11101010 1111 111010 01010 101 1101110100 111101 11 10111010 1 101011010 11111 100110 1110 1101111 101010 11101 11111 111 100111110 1011 110 010011 110100 10011 00100100 11110
- Amount of stanzas: 13
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 113
- Average number of words per stanza: 20
- Amount of lines: 59
- Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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