This is an analysis of the poem Those Preferences Kept that begins with:
I have learned one thing about kept preferences.
If they are not preferred by others, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaXXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111110111000 011101110 00100011 110001 1001001010 11110010010
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 228
- Average number of words per stanza: 37
- Amount of lines: 6
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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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