This is an analysis of the poem Differences that begins with:

DADDY goes a-riding in a motor painted grey,
He makes a lot of snorty noise before he gets away ; ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a a bc Xc d d d ee f gb g b cfXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,2,2,1,1,1,2,1,2,1,1,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1010100010101 11010101011101 0101010111011 1 0101010101010 1 1010100010101 11010101010101 0101010111011 1 01010101010101 101010001110 1 01110111011 101 101010101101 01 0101010101000 1
  • Amount of stanzas: 14
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 46
  • Average number of words per stanza: 9
  • Amount of lines: 19
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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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  • summary of Differences;
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