This is an analysis of the poem However, I Will Say This... that begins with:
You run away from me as if chased.
And I stay in place wondering, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXXbXXaXcbcc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110101101 11101100 00101001100 11110011 010011 101101011 1011111 110 1010 0001001001 11010100 11110001010
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 374
- Average number of words per stanza: 71
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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