This is an analysis of the poem Young Bullfrogs that begins with:

Jimmy Wimbleton listened a first week in June.
Ditches along prairie roads of Northern Illinois...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXababXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101001001101 1001101010101 1010101111 1001010010001111 11110010010 11011010010 1100101010 1010010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 361
  • Average number of words per stanza: 59
  • Amount of lines: 8
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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