This is an analysis of the poem Tactics Used To Intimidate that begins with:

Tactics used to intimidate.
Only speeds an exposed failure, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcabcdaaeedX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10100101 10110110 001101 1101 1111010 010001010011 0100100 010110001 10100100 00101011010 010101101010 101100001101 01100101110100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 450
  • Average number of words per stanza: 74
  • Amount of lines: 13
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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