This is an analysis of the poem More Tit And Less Tat For That that begins with:

More tit and less tat for that.
That tat needs to step back....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABACDC daeXabbada ABACDC bacaef dXedXdfefXfXaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,10,6,6,14,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111111 111011 0100 11111 011101 10001101 111110 11111 1111001 001011 1100 11101 11011 101100111 011111110 11111011 1111111 111011 0100 11111 011101 10001101 11010100111 1100010101 10111110 0 010001111010 101 1011010010 0010010010111000 11000111100010 111110100010 111101 10100111010 11 110100011101 000111101 111101 1111011 11010101 11101111 1101110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 261
  • Average number of words per stanza: 48
  • Amount of lines: 42
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; all, in are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word whose is repeated.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase that connects the lines.

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