This is an analysis of the poem Smile Killers that begins with:

Some folks stay miserable.
They could turn their efforts, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xab acdcbee fcXg dfefgfX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,7,4,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111000 111110 000100100 11001011 101000111 10010100 1010010 1101010 0101 101000100101 11100101 1110 10111 11110010010 11010 111 1111110 001 10110010010 0100010100101 10111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 156
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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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