This is an analysis of the poem Anti-Profanity that begins with:
I do not swear because I am
A sweet and sober guy;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababbcbc babadcdX ebebaXaX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11110111 011101 11010101 110111 10100001 110101 11010101 010111 01111111 010101 11011111 010111 01010101 1101110 11111101 011001 11110101 010011 01111101 110001 11110011 110101 11110100 111101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 218
- Average number of words per stanza: 43
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (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.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, never are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
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