This is an analysis of the poem Sad But True that begins with:
Alone and knowing it.
That's how it is, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abX acbabXX bXc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,7,3,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 011100 1100 110100010 100100110 10101 10110 10110100 010110011 0111010110 01001001 1111100 11011101 10111101101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 137
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 13
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.
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