This is an analysis of the poem Waste Over Value that begins with:
The tested...
Fed on greed, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AABC ADeee FDFEGD HXididcX FDFEGD ADABCjHj
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,5,6,8,6,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 010 111 10100010100 1110011101 010 110111101 111010100 010100100 100100100 11011 11001 10101 1111101 1111010 110101001 11010 1010101 01010010 110101 0100110 0010110101 11011010 1101011111 11011 11001 10101 1111101 1111010 110101001 010 110111101 111 10100010100 1110011101 101 11010 010101
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 174
- Average number of words per stanza: 30
- Amount of lines: 37
- Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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