This is an analysis of the poem This Is Going To Be A Long Ride that begins with:
My observations are never premeditated.
With a plan to only accept that which I believe....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcddeb f gehgaf X aagggaXd hef X ifj XXcagX gi kXkdXXjja
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,1,6,1,8,3,1,3,6,2,9,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101011001010 0010100111101 101000100 10101001 1111010110 11110100001 010001011 0111 110101011 111101011100 11111101101 10100011001 11011010110 1110101001111 011110 111001 10100110011010 111010 111010111000100 001101010101000110 11101001111001010 0010100001 110100111010 1 1110101111001 11111001111 11 010 111001001010 110101 1 111011100 1110101001 11001111 111 10110110101 10101 1101011110110 110 1101111 11 01 1010101001000 1 10101 001000011
- Amount of stanzas: 12
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 126
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 46
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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; i, what, my are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
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