This is an analysis of the poem Shown To Be Antiquated that begins with:
Principles and ideals,
Already shown to be antiquated...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XabcbdXddbaca
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 100101 0101001010 1101 10100001001 110001 011010 1100101010 1011 001000 001010001010 11111100 101011
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 165
- Average number of words per stanza: 27
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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