This is an analysis of the poem Sitting Idle With Others that begins with:
I will 'assist' you.
And commit myself, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXaXXXabccdbdc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic tetrameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 10101 10111 00101 110 01110011010 100010100 00110111 1111111 101010101010101 1111001000011010 11100010101 11100110100100010 10111011010 010101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 493
- Average number of words per stanza: 87
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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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