This is an analysis of the poem To My Liars that begins with:

Attend, mine enemies of all degrees,
From sandlot orators and sandlot fleas... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccbbccddeeff gghhiijjcckkeeXkdd lllleebbkkllhhkkgg mmlleehhkkkkccgXhhkk
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,18,18,20,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0111000101 0101001101 0101001101 1101011101 1101010101 1111010101 1101110001 1111100111 0101010101 1101110101 1101010101 1001110001 0100010111 0101010001 1111111101 1101101111 0101010101 1101010111 1111000101 1001110101 0101011111 1101101101 1001010101 01010100101 1111100001 1101011101 1101011101 0100110111 0111010011 1111110111 1101100110 1101101101 1101010101 0101010101 0101010101 0101000001 11010101010 11111101010 1101011101 0101000101 1101010101 11001010001 1001010111 1001011101 0100010101 1001011001 1101110101 1001111101 1111110001 0111111111 0101011101 1101111101 1101110111 0001100111 1101011101 1111011001 1111011101 1101010011 1111111101 1110010101 1111010001 1111000101 1101100111 0111010101 0110111101 0101001101 1101110001 01110011010 0011010111 0101111101 1111010001 0101011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 746
  • Average number of words per stanza: 140
  • Amount of lines: 72
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, by, his, you, that are repeated.

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