This is an analysis of the poem On A Sabbatical And Healing that begins with:
Zip it to lock it and keep it shut.
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abaaXXaXaXba
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 100101101 10100010 1011011010 11001 10001001011010 100100110 1 0010001 101100110 10010 11011 1011100001
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 360
- Average number of words per stanza: 65
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; it is repeated.
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