This is an analysis of the poem Mothballed that begins with:
The ability to think,
Could be used effectively as a weapon....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXabbXaX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0010001 10101001010 110 01 10011011 101101 0010110100111 01001110011001 10101110001
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 288
- Average number of words per stanza: 48
- Amount of lines: 9
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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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