This is an analysis of the poem Metaphors that begins with:
I'm a riddle in nine syllables,
An elephant, a ponderous house,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXaXbcac
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 001001100 110001001 010101110 111100110 011001010 101100011 001010101 110010110 100111101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 323
- Average number of words per stanza: 60
- Amount of lines: 9
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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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