This is an analysis of the poem Since Sheep They'Ve Been that begins with:
They want their leader to fail.
For reasons not as obvious, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXbXb acXcXcdc bbee X deXca
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,8,4,1,5,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111001 11011100 1101111 1011 101010001 10111 01000 11101 0001010 11 10111000100 11010101 1101010 10111 100111111 1001011011001 111000101001 111001111010011 1110110 11110101101 011110 10101010100 110110111
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 153
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- Amount of lines: 23
- 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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