This is an analysis of the poem Typecasting Factor that begins with:

There has been achieved,
The worst oil disaster in recorded history....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabXbbbb XaXX X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,4,1,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11001 0110100010100 1000100 1111 0001010100 001101100100 0001010 010011100 100100100010100 100100010010100 10100010001001 0011110000111001 00101011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 167
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 13
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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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