This is an analysis of the poem Don'T Turn Me Off that begins with:
Did I ask you for an estimate,
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABABABacXa DaX aaXaCDEAAD ABABABCDEAACXABABABC
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,3,10,20,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 011111100 001 011111100 011 011111100 001 11010100 011011 1 001000011 1111011 1101111 01001011 111101101 0110111101 110110001 1111000001 1111 011 1101 111 100110101 1111011 011111100 001 011111100 011 011111100 001 1111 011 1101 111 100110101 1111 011111100 001 011111100 011 011111100 001 1111
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 207
- Average number of words per stanza: 43
- Amount of lines: 42
- Average number of symbols per line: 24 (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.
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