This is an analysis of the poem To An Insolent Attorney that begins with:

So, Hall McAllister, you'll not be warned
My protest slighted, admonition scorned!... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddccee bbbbfXaaccaXffggffccgghh iiaaffccjjcc aaffkkjjffbbffaallii
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,24,12,20,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 1101001101 1011010101 0111010001 1101011101 0101010001 1101000111 1111010101 1101001101 1101010101 0101010101 1101011101 111100111101 11010110011 1101010101 100110100 0101011101 1111010101 1101011111 0111010101 1011110011 0101001101 1101010101 0101010001 0101010001 1101001101 1111010111 0101010111 1111000101 1000110111 1101011101 1001010101 1111000101 0100010001 0111000111 01110100110 01001110001010 1101001101 1100010111 0101010101 0101110011 0101010111 0101010101 1011110101 0111000101 1101110101 0111110111 0101110101 110001010111 1110111111 0100011111 1100111001 01001011001 1101010101 0101001111 1101001101 0101010101 11010011101 0100100001 0101111101 10010100101 0101010011 1101011101 1101110101 1101010001 0101010101 1101010011 1111110101 110101100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 702
  • Average number of words per stanza: 126
  • Amount of lines: 68
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (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; to, his, dirty are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word his is repeated.

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