This is an analysis of the poem You Ought To Have A Medal, Mrs. More that begins with:

You ought to have a medal, Mrs. More,
The medal for the Coupon and the Queue,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Abab cdcd bebe fafA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1101010101 0101011101 0111010101 0100010111 1101010111 1101110101 1111011101 1111111101 0101010101 10001000101 1111111101 11010100101 1101110101 1101110101 1111100111 1101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 171
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (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.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, nobody are repeated.

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