This is an analysis of the poem Trade Off that begins with:
Trade off!
Will the value satisfy the act, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXaa baXbX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11 001010101 010010 011001 101010101 100101010 10100111 001101111010 1101001101 110010101
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 162
- Average number of words per stanza: 30
- Amount of lines: 10
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
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