This is an analysis of the poem You Mustn'T Show Weakness that begins with:
You mustn't show weakness
and you've got to have a tan....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Abcde AdfX XeXfa cca aXadfbX X
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,4,5,3,7,1,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110110 1110101 101111011 0101011 11011110 110110 1110101 0101111 00101001010 0001111 0111010 1010011001 0011100100100011 011000110 001111111100 1111100101 1010010110001 1110110 01111010111 01100100011100 11110010 011011 0010010010 1101010101 010110111010
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 151
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- Amount of lines: 26
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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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