This is an analysis of the poem Tactics Used And The Aging Of Technique that begins with:

There will always be someone needing,
To fake a stance....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaXcdXabXcXX XX d XX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,2,1,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101101110 0101 101110 1010110001 0110110100 10100101 0010001 101001001010 1010111 001110011011 101001000101010 101011010001 100100011101 1101111000111000 00101110 111110010101 1 111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 161
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.

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