This is an analysis of the poem Knock By Mocking that begins with:
Knock by mocking.
The clock will not stop....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXaX XXbb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1110 01011 0101110 1100010111 0110111 1010100110 110010010001101 001101010
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 138
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 8
- 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.
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