This is an analysis of the poem Why Do Folks Just Make Up Stuff? that begins with:

Why do folks just make up stuff?
Even those who traditionally lie professionally, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AXbcd ccceX Aecf debXXcaf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,4,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111111 101101000101000 1110011100 1010010010001 10100011001010 11110010 101001111001 10111010 011010 11011011 1111111 110011111 101111101 11110100 10101 101000101 111001010 1010101 101000101010 0110011101 1111111 110011100
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 204
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 22
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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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