This is an analysis of the poem They Could Not Wait To Leap To Their Feet that begins with:

There is one unmistakable thing,
That being unprepared does....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbcdeb fccgXfdd cbhXchdefd X gXcha XbX XXh X Xcf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,8,10,1,5,3,3,1,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101101001 1101011 011101 1000010000100 00101001 0100110 100101011 110110101010 11010101 1010100111001 1101001 0010100101 1001010010 00100001011010 011000010 11 11001 1010001101101100 100101101 011001 010101111 10101101111 1010 0110100010010 00010101110101 1110111011000 1110 111 111101011 0010101010 11111111010 1 11110110 11100 11 11101011110 1101011101010001 111101010 1101 10010 11111011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 152
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 41
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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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