This is an analysis of the poem Not In Situations Like These that begins with:
You must accept,
Keeping your eye on them....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABAC dccaX abddaXca XXABACac
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,5,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101 101110 110011 010111010 1110101 1101101 111111101 11 1110010 11100101 11011 101111 1101 11101 110111010 0100111010 011111 111001011 1101 101110 110011 010111010 1001 10101011
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 133
- Average number of words per stanza: 22
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
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