This is an analysis of the poem This Dialogue Is For The Underdog that begins with:
This dialogue is for the underdog.
One day you'll be the one on top of it....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AbbbX ACXcD ACCeCDXeACCeC
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,13,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 0101010101 1110011100 00100110100 1011011101 011101000110 0101010101 1101110111 011101000110 1011101111 01111110101 0101010101 11 11 1 1101110111 01111110101 011101000110 1 0101010101 11 11 1 1101110111
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 246
- Average number of words per stanza: 43
- 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:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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