This is an analysis of the poem Hillary With Barack that begins with:

The only way a healing can begin,
Is a Clinton and Obama win....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXabXccXbXcXXXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0101010101 001011101 01001110 0100010010 01010001 1100100001 00110101 1101001 0011010 101 00101110010 10010110001 0110001111 0111 1100110 10101111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 510
  • Average number of words per stanza: 91
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

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