This is an analysis of the poem The Sausage Candidate-A Tale Of The Elections that begins with:

Our fathers, brave men were and strong,
And whisky was their daily liquor; ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcacadXdXebeX fdXXfgfg ddddchch iXiXjXjb cbcbjbjb cbcbecec kXkXlflX jhjhmXmX nXndiaia
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11011011 110111010 11010101 010111110 01010111 010111010 11010101 011101110 1100101101 01010101100 11010101 010101000 01111101 010101010 01111101 110101100 11111011 101111010 010111000 1101010010 11010111 010101010 11011101 111101010 11010101 111101010 11111101 110101110 11010101 110101010 11011111 111111010 11010111 110011110 11110001 10101001100 10111111 1111110100 11111101 011101110 11110110 010111010 11111100 011101110 01110101 010101010 11000101 001101010 01011111 110100010 11010111 110100010 11110101 110101000 111000101 111101010 101110101 110100110 10010111 110100010 11010111 01110111 111111001 111100110 01110101 010111110 11110111 010101010 11010101 101010001100 11110101 010100101000 11010001 111111010 11110001 011111110 01110101 11100101 01010101 11010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 344
  • Average number of words per stanza: 60
  • Amount of lines: 80
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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, he, to are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, the are repeated.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase disgrace connects the lines.

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