This is an analysis of the poem High On Hype that begins with:
Where has been my brother's keeper,
From his side long left to leave....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Abcde fefc AGhhX Abhb GfdfgfXf AXAX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,4,5,4,8,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11011010 0011101 1101100 1011101 1010101 1110111 1010011 10101010 10001000 11011010 11101110 11101010 1110101 0111100 11011010 1010001 11011010 1101101 11101110 1111101 11101001 1111111 0111011 0111 0 110101 11011010 1110 11011010 1111
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 150
- Average number of words per stanza: 27
- Amount of lines: 30
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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