This is an analysis of the poem With A Meaning, Sound And Rhythm Expressed that begins with:

I find writing extremely challenging at all times,
Whenever I take a thought with words to combine....

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXaa baXbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1110010100111 010110101010 10011110011 0010101011101 1110110101001 1010010010001001 001011100101 011110011110001 1010101101000101 10010101100010010
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 271
  • Average number of words per stanza: 49
  • Amount of lines: 10
  • Average number of symbols per line: 53 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.

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