This is an analysis of the poem Extinguished And Declared Unfit that begins with:
What is kept protected,
If life itself, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXabc XabXb Xbbca
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: rondeau
- Metre: 101010 0101 0100101 100101 01100101 1110001111 1010101010 0001010101 110010 110010100 11010101 010111010000 1101001000101 110010101101 010101101001
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 176
- Average number of words per stanza: 30
- Amount of lines: 15
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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