This is an analysis of the poem System Of Deceit And Secrecy that begins with:
So above the law are thieves.
They've devised their own system, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXX XXa XXXa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1010111 1011110 0011100 10111 1111 0010001011 1111001 11110 1101001001 11010101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 102
- Average number of words per stanza: 17
- Amount of lines: 10
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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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