This is an analysis of the poem Oh To Be Odd! that begins with:

Hypochondriacs
Spend the winter at the bottom of Florida and the summer on top of...

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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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