This is an analysis of the poem Why? that begins with:
American Detectives
Never remove their hats...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab XcXc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0100010 100111 10101010 010101 1011 11110 111101 110
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 85
- Average number of words per stanza: 14
- Amount of lines: 8
- Average number of symbols per line: 21 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 3
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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