This is an analysis of the poem A Fair Warning that begins with:

Let 'em come, by gum! That's all I say.
Let me see one of 'em up this way,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbcccc dbddbbee ffddaagg hhXbaabb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101111111 111100101 0110111101 11110101 101100101 111101111 111111111 110100111 011101101 11011101 10001111 110100101 10110111 1111101 111101101 110010101 011110101 111111001 00101111011 1011110101 0111110111 10101101001 11100101111 1110111101 1100101111 100110111 111001101010 101111011 111100101 101111010 01100101101 111101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 332
  • Average number of words per stanza: 64
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of A Fair Warning;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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