This is an analysis of the poem Methodical that begins with:
For whatever the reason,
And unlike others who seem to be pleased......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XabXcbcdd XX cceXa X cd X baaebXea XXb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,2,5,1,2,1,8,3,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1110010 1011011001 01111110 1110001 100110100 100010010101 10100111001 010001000101 010010011101 110110001 01010110100011 11110101 11111101101001 11111111 11010110 11111 11010001011 11101001101 0010011111 110111100 1100110100010101 011001000101101010 111011010 10010001010 11011111 11110101010110 1111100010100 101011101101010 111 10111
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 134
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 30
- Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, i, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase crabs connects the lines.
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