This is an analysis of the poem Is It Fact Or Fiction that begins with:
See them in the streets inebriated and stoned.
In attempts to live a life that isn't one of their own....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AB BBCA AB BABA XXc caXX BABA BBCAb ABBCA ABABXBABABABABA
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,4,2,4,3,4,4,5,5,15,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 100010101011 00101011001011 001110 11101010 111000101 10101 100010101011 00101011001011 001110 11111010 10101010 0110001 1000101000001 001 11 01100000011001 11010101 010 110001 001110 11111010 10101010 0110001 001110 11101010 111000101 10101 01111 100010101011 001110 11101010 111000101 10101 100010101011 001110 001101 00101011001011 001110 001101 001110 001101 00101011001011 100010101011 001110 001101 001110 001101
- Amount of stanzas: 11
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 138
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 47
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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