This is an analysis of the poem Four Candidates For Senator that begins with:

To flatter your way to the goad of your hope,
O plausible Mr. Perkins,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd eeff ghgh gfgf iiccddii
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,4,4,4,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 01011001011 11001010 111100101 11001010 0111100101 010110010 1010111011 001001010 1111110101 0111011111 010100101 0101110101 11011101101 11001001 0101111001 11111001 111110111 101111 111011111001 10110101 1101011011 10110101001 0111010111 1001011101 11010100101 10101010001 1111010101 1101111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 226
  • Average number of words per stanza: 43
  • Amount of lines: 31
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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