This is an analysis of the poem Manipulators Manipulating Manipulate that begins with:

Manipulators manipulating manipulate.
Once they've uncovered loopholes, ...

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  • Rhyme scheme: Abacadee AcdbXddd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01010010100101 1101011 001010001101 01010101110101 10110100 10110101 001010010 10100111010 01010010100101 1111101010 111101000101 1111101 111010100010101 1001111001 101000101 11011010111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 326
  • Average number of words per stanza: 51
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

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