This is an analysis of the poem Verbal Calisthenics that begins with:
My love for you is more
athletic than a verb,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cdXd ceXe fafaXfdfd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111101 010101 10101 010101 101011 01100 0101000 110011 10101 010100 10101 010101 10101 110001 010101 111001 101010 10001 1001010 010101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 85
- Average number of words per stanza: 15
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 21 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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