This is an analysis of the poem Debris that begins with:
HE is wisest who has the most caution,
He only wins who goes far enough.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XX aa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1010110110 110111101 10101010101100101 001010100
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 92
- Average number of words per stanza: 17
- Amount of lines: 4
- Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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