This is an analysis of the poem They Would Have Requested His Tongue that begins with:
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I want to cuss so bad....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xa X bcda aaeXXfe dbb XXbfece
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,1,4,7,3,7,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1 110111 1111 11110010 10100011 110101000011 00101001011010 11 10101 1001001 1111111011 101101 0111101001 0010000100 1110111101111 111010 1110010111110 111111111001 010 11010 101001 10101110000010 11010101
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 104
- Average number of words per stanza: 20
- Amount of lines: 23
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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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