This is an analysis of the poem Getting Their Weekly Dosages that begins with:

It is remarkable.
People actually believe, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXabcbXXXccbXbbdXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 000100 10100001 11110100 101110 1001010 1010001001 1001011 110110 0010100 110010 0110010 1110 1110111 1110110100 001001 1100100111 1011 001001010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 495
  • Average number of words per stanza: 78
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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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