This is an analysis of the poem Too Knowledgeable About Outcomes that begins with:

What effective measures can be used,
To correct a devastation...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABAC bcdc ABAC eXaa fafdeX Xdfc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,6,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101010101 00101010 10111010 1011010101 11001001010 100001 11010101 10100101001 101010101 00101010 10111010 1011010101 0101110001 1111010 110111001 110111010 110100101 111 00110000111 11 110101001 01000110110100 111010111 10111010101 011110101010 01000110100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 154
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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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