This is an analysis of the poem Just A Series Of Tests To Measure that begins with:
Let this be said,
To those great and small....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABcccb ddaeXbXd ABfdX dXeaffbc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,8,5,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1001 01111 0110101010 1001010110 110010010 1010001001 1110010111 110101011011 10010111 010101 101111111 101011010111 101011 01010101 1001 01111 110100100011 1110011 1101001010111 101 0111011 11111010001 11111111010 001 1100111001 10 10110111
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 232
- Average number of words per stanza: 44
- Amount of lines: 27
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, of, you are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words to, and are repeated.
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