This is an analysis of the poem Sleep Agent that begins with:
Okay...
I will admit it....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcB bbab ccXX BXb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,3,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: rondeau
- Metre: 11 10010 110101 1101100 111 101111 110111 10110101 1010101001111 11111 101011 10101 1101100 11101 110
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 88
- Average number of words per stanza: 19
- Amount of lines: 15
- Average number of symbols per line: 23 (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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