This is an analysis of the poem The King Of Bores that begins with:

Abundant bores afflict this world, and some
Are bores of magnitude that-come and-no,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabbXcdbcdb
  • 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: 0101010111 1101011111 1111011101 11001011111 1101010101 11001010101 1101110111 110010100 1010001111 1001001101 0111100101 1101110101 1111111101 0101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 554
  • Average number of words per stanza: 97
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.

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