This is an analysis of the poem More Meaning To Me Than Compliments that begins with:

For the purpose of message.
That is all that is meant, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaaXb abaXba
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010010 101101 1101 101001 1110011100 111011110 0011101 001 1111101110 1110110 1100010
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 150
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 11
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of More Meaning To Me Than Compliments;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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