This is an analysis of the poem I Don'T Have To Crusade that begins with:

I don't have to crusade to make a difference made.
If I can eliminate myself from making excuses, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabbXab
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1110010101001 011010111010010 00110101000111 10100111 101001111010111 101111111100101 101011100011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 333
  • Average number of words per stanza: 62
  • Amount of lines: 7
  • Average number of symbols per line: 47 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.

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