This is an analysis of the poem Extremely Powerful that begins with:
Those choosing to sit
And do nothing with their lives...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXcc XbbX dbadXbe XeXac
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,4,7,5,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11001 1110011 1010100 100111010 00110101001010 111101110 10000101 111000100 001011100111 00101100 01000010 110110000100 100101001011 101010 010111001 001000001010 101011010010 00100100010 111001010 1010001001101 01010010101010
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 189
- Average number of words per stanza: 32
- Amount of lines: 21
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; to is repeated.
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