This is an analysis of the poem Limericks that begins with:
THERE is a big artist named Val,
The roughs' and the prize—fighters' pal: ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabba ccaac deeed ddffe ddccd ggggg dXhhd ddccd iiddi jXccj edkke aaffa XcllX iiXai XgddX mkddm jjXjj nnddn XXkkX nneXn goffg XXnnX goiig iXppi
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10011011 01101101 01001 101001 01001001 10001011 101010111 101111 001001 01101011 10011011 101011011 001001 111111 101001001 111001011 11001001 11101 01111 10101001 101001011 1010010010 011101 1100001 111001101 100110110 1010110110 1010110 111110 0010010110 10011011 110110100 010001 001001 101001001 10011011 01111011 01001 001011 101001001 1010010110 1011110111 001011 101001 1110010110 1011110110 1010111010 01011 101101 1010010010 1010010110 1010010010 11111 101101 1111010010 1010110110 111010010 1111010 101110 110010010 100110110 011101011 11111 011111 0010110010 001001011 101011001 110010 110110 001001001 110110110 110110010 11011 001001 1111010010 1110010110 111111111 01001 001001 110110110 1010110110 01000010 001100 0010010 0010010010 101101011 101011001 110110 101010 101111001 1010110110 110010100 11111 11011 010110110 11101011 11011111 111011 111010 101001011 10100101100 10110100101 101011 101001 00100101100 100110110 1110010011 101001 101001 110110110 100111010 1010010111 01101 10111 111010010 1010010010 110110110 001011 101001 1010010010
- Amount of stanzas: 24
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 163
- Average number of words per stanza: 30
- Amount of lines: 120
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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