This is an analysis of the poem Show Me Where This Greatness Is that begins with:
I don't want to hear where it is,
Nor be shown just examples of it....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abb cbcXabc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,7,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11101100 101101000 01010101001 01001000100100 11111100100 11100111110010 1110100 110001 100110111000101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 122
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 9
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, i are repeated.
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