This is an analysis of the poem Something Less Obvious Has Got To Be The Cause that begins with:
People are awarded funding and grants,
For the most ridiculous incentives....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXccdb Xaac eXfXbcggc ea bhdghbcaa fXifjfbf i iajXiib
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,4,9,2,9,8,1,7,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1010101011 1010100010 111101110 00111110100 11110 111 10000100110 10 101010 101101011 0101110010010 0101010010 000100100010010010 11 11010110 11010111001 10101000010100 1010011 11010011 00101001010 10010110110 110001000100 11001010 11100100 11101010 111 10111100 011 11010110011 010100100 1011001110 1101011011101 1110101110 01101100 11101101 101111 110110111001001 1010010010 011100011101 11111111010 10101100100 101110 11001010010100 110101000 110011010100010100 0110010100 101100110001
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 222
- Average number of words per stanza: 39
- Amount of lines: 47
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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