This is an analysis of the poem Like This that begins with:
If anyone asks you
how the perfect satisfaction...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXcd C XXd C eeXc C fbeg C hic c ejX bch i ejc C bX C Xaj C ah C g X b X e C XfcXC
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,1,3,1,4,1,4,1,3,1,3,3,1,3,1,2,1,3,1,2,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,5,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 010011 10011010 01110010 01111 11 10 1111001000 001011101 1111 10 01001011100 1111001 11101110 11111 10 11110101010 0111000010001 101011101 011 10 010010110101 110010100 11101 1010 1111101 011101 1 011111111 110011001 010101110 01 01011010001 1111011 110011 10 1101 110110 10 11011101 10001001 1011010 10 111111001 1010001 10 101011010 1 1010101 1 0101101 10 1111010 111010101 0010011 10
- Amount of stanzas: 29
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 48
- Average number of words per stanza: 9
- Amount of lines: 55
- Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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