This is an analysis of the poem It Is As If They Wish To Mark And Brand that begins with:
Once it is decided,
A lie will be told......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaXbcbaded dcaabc eXX Xd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,6,3,2,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 100010 01001 001010 011101 11110 0101011010 0100100010 110111 11010 010011 101010110 110101 0010110111 00101 11010 10100100111 10110101 0011100101 10010001010100 11001011 00101010110010
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 167
- Average number of words per stanza: 29
- Amount of lines: 21
- 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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