This is an analysis of the poem Inflated To Over-Rate that begins with:

Fame to achieve can not be predicted.
Or can it be claimed without working for it....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXbb caXaXcX acbcX d ddX a aabX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,7,5,1,3,1,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1001110010 11001011010 111010110111 10100101101 1001001001 01000010101011 001000100101010 11010101 1100010101001 110101000100 010011101 10101010010110 1101101 010001001 100010010100 1110110001000 10011011001110 1111 110100101010 1101000111011 01011001000100110 111110101 11110101 001101101 11010101 11110010110
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 156
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.

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