This is an analysis of the poem How Did You Get Past The Guards that begins with:
Whatever you deem,
At the time......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AABCAB adeXaf AABCAB baeggd Xhahcf
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11011 101 0010 01 111000111 0010 1011110111 11110 0101111 01110100 0111 0111110 11011 101 0010 01 111000111 0010 11111110 11 0101001 110100011101 1 0001111 1110110011 1011101 11100 1100 1 1100100111
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 137
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 30
- Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
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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