This is an analysis of the poem Looking To Start An Argument that begins with:
Why is it that those pigeon-toed,
Walk like ducks with their butts stuck up? ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XX X aa XX bX aXX bX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,1,2,2,2,3,2,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic trimeter or irregular meter
- Metre: 10011101 11101111 1111010101001 01 1010 1 1111 0100110 11111 11010011100 101 110011011010 1111010 101110111
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 56
- Average number of words per stanza: 11
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
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