This is an analysis of the poem Oh To Be Odd! that begins with:
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXbXaXaXXXXb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1000 1010101001001010110 01000 11010111011111 011000 01010010 1111011110111101 101000111010 111011111111110 110011 0110 110001010
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 240
- Average number of words per stanza: 41
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 39 (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; and, if are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word if is repeated.
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