This is an analysis of the poem If Truth Was A Factor that begins with:
If truth was a factor,
There'd be no backup to go after....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AAbAbA AAbAbA CbADbAbA AAbAbA AAbAbA CbADbAbAXAAbAbAbAAbAbA
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,8,6,6,22,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 011010 1001110110 0 11010 0 11010 1011010 1001101110 0 11010 0 11010 11110000 0 11010 1001101010 0 11010 0 11010 011010 1001110110 0 11010 0 11010 1011010 1001101110 0 11010 0 11010 11110000 0 11010 1001101010 0 11010 0 11010 1011010 1001101110 0 11010 0 11010 0 11010 1001101110 0 11010 0 11010
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 140
- Average number of words per stanza: 27
- Amount of lines: 53
- Average number of symbols per line: 18 (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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