This is an analysis of the poem My Father Enters The Work Force that begins with:

The path to ABC Business School
was paid for by a lucky sign:...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbcXXXd cbXaXdXX XeeecbXcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0101101 11110101 1010101100101 10110 10100111 11110 11010011 01001 10010110 110110101 0010101 1000110010 111100 11011010 1111101 1111 1101101110 10100111110 0101010 1111010 011110101 0110111 1101100 111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 190
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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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