This is an analysis of the poem Not One Of My Greatest Attributes that begins with:

My position has always been,
To present the facts! ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXX aXXXXXXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101110 00101 0010001001 010101100 110010101 1111 101100101010 0011010 111010010100 100100101101000 100100010101111 110100110110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 236
  • Average number of words per stanza: 42
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of is repeated.

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