This is an analysis of the poem Election Aftermath that begins with:

1. ANTE-ELECTIONS
Now, a cove the name of Blabb, a politician,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aBcbcdeddefXBX a BeXecgccgfXBX a bebehihhifXBX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,1,13,1,13,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110010 101010101010 10101111111 111010101010 10101010111 101110101001 10100010111 11010101011 10010101111 11011011001 1111010101 11101110101 1101 11111010101 1010 101010101010 00111111011 10100011111000 10101010101 101111101111 11111011111 11010111011 11011101011 10101110111 1111010001 11101110101 1101 1111110101 11010 101010101010 10101010101 111001001010 10100010111 110110011010 11111011111 111011101010 111011101010 11101010111 1111110111 111011100101 1101 11111011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 336
  • Average number of words per stanza: 70
  • Amount of lines: 42
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; an', me, i, to are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines me, him are repeated).

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