This is an analysis of the poem Relying On Restrictions that begins with:
When a slowing of a flow begins to show,
From those known to be poets....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABCDEFDG ABgbeg ABCDEFDGdbXABd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,14,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 10100010101 0110010 01010111 1011001001 001100001011 11011 0101010 10010100101 10100010101 0110010 100100101 11100010 110101010 1110001011 10100010101 0110010 01010111 1011001001 001100001011 11011 0101010 10010100101 1010001 0111110 10100010101 0110010 001000001000100
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 243
- Average number of words per stanza: 43
- Amount of lines: 27
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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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