This is an analysis of the poem At The California Institute Of Technology that begins with:

I don't care how God-damn smart
these guys are:     I'm bored....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XX XX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111111 11101 001011111 1101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 66
  • Average number of words per stanza: 14
  • Amount of lines: 4
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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