This is an analysis of the poem For Mayor that begins with:
O Abner Doble-whose 'catarrhal name'
Budd of that ilk might envy-'tis a rough... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaaXXaaXbcdbcd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 11010110010 1011110101 1101100101 1100011001 01010101010 0101010001 0101011101 1101111100 1101011101 1111001101 11011111010 1100011111 0101010101 11000111010
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 575
- Average number of words per stanza: 108
- Amount of lines: 14
- 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.
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