This is an analysis of the poem Time To Be Wise that begins with:
YES; I write verses now and then,
But blunt and flaccid is my pen,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaabcccb dddbeeeb fffgaaag bbbghhXg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11110111 11110011 11010111 11010 00110111 11011111 00111001 11110 10110101 11010101 11111101 111010 11010111 11010101 11011111 01010 11001101 0010101001 11010101 01111 11010001 11110101 11110101 0101 111101110 110101010 100111010 1101 11001111 01011101 01011101 0111
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 245
- Average number of words per stanza: 48
- Amount of lines: 32
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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