This is an analysis of the poem Look Around Up And Then Down that begins with:
Sad? Feeling bad?
Why? ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXab aXaX Xbca aXcX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101 1 111010 11111 101 1111 101 111 1000111 10101 111100 10 1 101 00101100 010
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 71
- Average number of words per stanza: 13
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 17 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 3
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
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- history of its creation;
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