This is an analysis of the poem Ode To The Sexes Axed From An Ex that begins with:

To give is to receive.
Yet the giving does not guarantee, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXabaXbcddacbccX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 010001 101011101 0100010001001 01000101 1110101001 11010101000010 110001 11101011 101000101 11111010 01001001 010100110101 11010100110 01100101011 1011001 01000011001010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 599
  • Average number of words per stanza: 102
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • 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.

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

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