This is an analysis of the poem Necessities And Basic Needs that begins with:
Rapidly decreasing,
Are those self defeating beatings....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABCDC BEBFC ABCDC BEBFCXfX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 100010 11101010 01010110101 10110111111 1111011 1011100 1101110110 10100110100 1101101010001 1101010110101 100010 11101010 01010110101 10110111111 1111011 1011100 1101110110 10100110100 1101101010001 1101010110101 01010001100010 1 1110100001011
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 218
- Average number of words per stanza: 34
- Amount of lines: 23
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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