This is an analysis of the poem Posturing that begins with:
Posturing,
Upon your fears....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXbXcccXc addddeeXXXb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,11,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 100 0111 0111 1010 0101010 110001 101101 0101 01011100 01110101 100 1 1100 00111 1111001001 00101 111101 1111011 11001010 101001010 110101
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 239
- Average number of words per stanza: 42
- Amount of lines: 21
- Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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