This is an analysis of the poem Single In A State Of Mind that begins with:

You've got your nights,
Doubled up with meetings....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABBC XXde ADDE ABBCXc ADDEdFCGD FCGD XXdX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,6,9,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111 101010 11111 110111 11011111 1110010101 1111 1011111 1111 11101010 1111 1110111 1111 101010 11111 110111 1110101010 0101110111 1111 11101010 1111 1110111 01 1111 010111 1111101 10101 1111 010111 1111101 10101 10 110 00111 11111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 130
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 35
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Single In A State Of Mind;
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  • history of its creation;
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