This is an analysis of the poem Buns For The Huns that begins with:

I see it coming — the Fund to feed the Huns:
We shall go short of bread to give them buns....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaabbccbbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11010010101 1111010101 1111110111 1111010101 1011010011 0101010001 1011010111 010101011 0111010101 0100000100 01011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 432
  • Average number of words per stanza: 89
  • Amount of lines: 11
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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