This is an analysis of the poem Reason that begins with:
... Finally, what is Reason ? You have often asked me ; and this is my
answer :--... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aX aXbb XXXX X
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,4,4,1,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10010101110111001 10 10001111111 10000010100 1101111111 1100110101 101 1101110 110100011110 111001110010 100010101111
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 115
- Average number of words per stanza: 18
- Amount of lines: 11
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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