This is an analysis of the poem Sometimes Mentally Therapeutic that begins with:
With a call to respond,
I imagine that is what a writer......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXb acXdc ebe ccXd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,5,3,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: rondeau
- Metre: 001001 1010101010 001011 1011001 101011 001000110 10100101 10100101 10001 010101 01101111 11010001 110100011 0011001010 011111011
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 113
- Average number of words per stanza: 19
- Amount of lines: 15
- 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:
There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.
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