This is an analysis of the poem Having Patience Works that begins with:

It is the most easiest tactic to use.
And commonly effective....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXabcb ddXeXe bX ffXcXg aXddgc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,2,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 00011001001 1100010 110101 10001 111110100100100 110100001011 001001101100110 10110100110101 110 101111001 01111011101 0100100011010011 0101 101011001 11110111 111110011001 101000100101001 111101011010 111010001010 010101011010 10101011 110101010000001 01001 0011001010011 1001101001010 1101001010
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 207
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; integrity, and, to are repeated.

    The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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