This is an analysis of the poem Why Do They Waste Such Time? that begins with:
I was called a fool to offend.
And when that did not happen, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcXaaC ddaXXae CbecX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,5,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11101001 1110110 11010 01110111110 101110000010 111011001010 111111 11101110101 10111 1101 10101111010 00111010 11010110010 001000101 111111 10111111101 11110101 101110 1111111
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 225
- Average number of words per stanza: 42
- Amount of lines: 19
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i is repeated.
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