This is an analysis of the poem Placed On A Lazy Susan that begins with:
That buck has been passed from one to another...
For too long and too often....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaaXXXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11101010010 1111110 010101 111101000100 111101101 010101010101010 110101101010 010000101001010000
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 355
- Average number of words per stanza: 62
- Amount of lines: 8
- 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.
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