This is an analysis of the poem What Upsets About His Leadership that begins with:

What upsets about his leadership?
He is extremely competent....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABB Xcdbef ABB GCefc GCXXXdbbf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,6,3,5,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101010101 10010100 110111100 110010001010 10101010 11011001 11011 0111001100 101 101010101 10010100 110111100 0101000010 1010111 01011100 10001 1101001 0101000010 1010111 0010011001010 0101001001 11100001 110010011 11111010 101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 133
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 25
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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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