This is an analysis of the poem With Druthers To Smother Others that begins with:
It will always be my intention,
Unmentioned but done......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabXcXcddcc dddebceeaeeeeXdddeae
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,20,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 001101010 01011 0010101 1001001101 111001110 001000101 1010001 1101111 11110111 011001 1011100101 11111101 100010101100 0110010101 0101011101 110010110101 1011011101 1010111101 010110011101 010010101 1011010101 010100100101001 111101010 110100101001 10100110100 11100101000 110011001 100110 1101010110 1111
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 372
- Average number of words per stanza: 66
- Amount of lines: 30
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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; my, to, i are repeated.
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