This is an analysis of the poem More Power In One Ounce Of Detergents Used that begins with:

There is more power in one ounce,
Of detergents used......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXabaaXb aaXaabaXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10110011 00101 0011101010 101001010 1100101010 1110001010 001001010101 11 0010010101000 10110001 000100010 0010 100010100001010 110001001010 10011111 10101101001010 0010001101010 010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 322
  • Average number of words per stanza: 54
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of is repeated.

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