This is an analysis of the poem Presentation Sells that begins with:
Presentation sells.
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXbbcbXbc cddcdebfX X X X ffX X XXbX e XeXaX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,1,1,1,3,1,4,1,5,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10101 0100101010 1101010 0010101010111 0100011101 00111010101 11111011001010 1010101 1101010101 1111 111000100 0001010000100 01011 110 1101001 111010001 11010100100 01101101010 1110101 1010110 1111011001101 11001101 1111001110 110111010 11110011 10000 110111 11 10101011000 011111101 1 11000011110 00101 101010110010 1110100100
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 115
- Average number of words per stanza: 20
- Amount of lines: 35
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
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