This is an analysis of the poem I Rather Sit And Nod that begins with:
I seek with a doing to escape from explanations.
With a choosing not to confuse my understanding, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XabXbc acbbbX XX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,2,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 11001000101010 0010100111010 0110100011110 011101101100 101001111 01101010 1001100110 01101001 1011100011101 01000111101 11010100101 11101111011010010 111110101 010111011110
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 205
- Average number of words per stanza: 38
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, i are repeated.
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