This is an analysis of the poem Censor Literarum that begins with:

So, Parson Stebbins, you've released your chin
To say that here, and here, we press-folk ail.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababbacc dcdcXdXX efeffcee gegeghh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1101010111 0111111111 1011110001 1101010101 0101011111 1111010011 1101000001 1101010001 1101000111 1101001101 1111010001 0111010101 0101000100 1101011101 1101111111 0111010101 1101010111 0101010101 0001011001 1001010101 0101011111 1001010011 1101010001 1101010101 0101111111 1101010101 1101010001 1001001101 1101001101 1101000101 0111010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 320
  • Average number of words per stanza: 59
  • Amount of lines: 31
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (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 is repeated.

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