This is an analysis of the poem Rules And Regulations that begins with:

A short direction
To avoid dejection, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbbXabXaaaabbXaaaaX ccddeebbccdXcc ddffccggggccaabbggXb X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 20,14,20,1,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01010 001100 11010 01010 11000 01010 11010 0100 10110 1010010 01010 0110 11010 011010 11000 01010 11010 01010 11010 101100 11110 11010 11110 11110 01010 11010 110110 11011 01010 11010 11110 10110 11010 11110 11110 01010 11011 11011 11110 110010 1011110 110010 110010 1011010 110110 011110 11010 01110 11010 01010 01110 11010 01010 01010 1001
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 293
  • Average number of words per stanza: 47
  • Amount of lines: 55
  • Average number of symbols per line: 20 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 3
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines you is repeated).

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