This is an analysis of the poem Not A Group Effort that begins with:
Anytime someone takes an independent stance,
To open their mouth......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXbcbXX bcacadd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 101111110101 01011 011010001 1101 010001001000100 101010001110100 11010011001001 111001101000010 10101100100101 10101110101101 11011101010 110100101010 1101001101 0101100110101111
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 313
- Average number of words per stanza: 53
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.
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