This is an analysis of the poem Mental Gymnastics that begins with:
There is nothing like maintaining one's consciousness.
One that others may argue with from their point of view....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AXXXXX AXXXaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101010101100 1110110001101 1010001 101111101000 1111001001010100 10111010100110 101010101100 1010101 01010101001 10011010010101 101010 111010010010010
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 282
- Average number of words per stanza: 47
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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