This is an analysis of the poem If It Makes A Better Stew that begins with:

Medicate to get your groove on,
If it makes a better stew....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABXB ABXB CDCECFgXB ABXBCDCECXB CFgXBCXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,9,11,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101111 0010101 10100010 0010001 10101111 0010101 10100010 0010001 11 011110 11 10111 11 10101 1 101110 010111 10101111 0010101 10100010 0010001 11 011110 11 10111 11 101110 010111 11 10101 1 101110 010111 11 001010 1010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 156
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 21 (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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