This is an analysis of the poem How To Catch A Demon that begins with:

Do not...
Try or make attempts, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbXccda dedfeXXa fDcfDdXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11 11101 011110110 0111011101 011010111010 01010111 11011110010 00010101110101 00101011101 01101001111100 0101011110 1010111 1100100010100 111101 11111011 0101011001000 01 101010 001100101 01 101010 0110110001101 101110101 010100001100
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 282
  • Average number of words per stanza: 55
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; to, me, you, as are repeated.

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