This is an analysis of the poem If 'Is' Not A Was that begins with:
An IF 'is' not a WAS.
So therefore a 'MAYBE'...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101101 111010 1111 0001
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 82
- Average number of words per stanza: 17
- Amount of lines: 4
- Average number of symbols per line: 20 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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