This is an analysis of the poem Hummers And Knee Benders that begins with:
Indignities done to others,
As a custom....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXbcdXabcdXeXeXaec
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 01001010 1010 001010100 1010 0100001 110101001100 111 1000100010 1 1101010010001 10110001010 1110101 01100101111 00100101111 01101001110100 1101101110 11010001 1010000100111
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 606
- Average number of words per stanza: 98
- Amount of lines: 18
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, and are repeated.
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