This is an analysis of the poem Dumb As They Come that begins with:
I resent you calling me dumb as they come.
At least when you called me ignorant, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXXaaXbb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10111011111 111111100 110110111 11 11101110011 111111 11100101100 1111001 01110010
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 295
- Average number of words per stanza: 58
- Amount of lines: 9
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; have, and are repeated.
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