This is an analysis of the poem In The Grips Of Tough Times that begins with:
In the grips of tough times,
It's hard to hold back......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABCDEF AXef Agag ABCDEF AAhAAhAAAh
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,4,4,6,10,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 001011 01011 01011 01011000011 011101 1011 001011 1011101 110001011011 111010000100 001011 010101101 100110101 110110110001 001011 01011 01011 01011000011 011101 1011 001011 1001010111010 1 001011 1001010111010 1 001011 1001010111010 1001010111010 1
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 188
- Average number of words per stanza: 35
- Amount of lines: 30
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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