This is an analysis of the poem To 'Colonel' Dan. Burns that begins with:
They say, my lord, that you're a Warwick. Well,
The title's an absurd one, I believe:... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababbacc dXdeedaa fgfggfcc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1111110101 0101011101 1111111101 110110001 1101010111 1111010001 01110101110 11010101110 1101100111 0101110010 01001110001 0101110101 0111010001 1101010101 101100111100 01001100010 11110101001 0101011111 1101010111 1101011111 1100110101 1101010101 11010001110 11010111010
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 344
- Average number of words per stanza: 62
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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