This is an analysis of the poem The Hunchback In The Park that begins with:

The hunchback in the park
A solitary mister...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaba bcdcdc efbfeX Xbegbg bggggg hihgig aXagaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011001 0101010 1011110 0010000101 110111010 010111111 10100110 10100011 10101010 00101011111 11100110 1111111 10111110 1010111 11011110 0101001 101111010 1101 111100 10111010 1000100 101100111 100110 0011111 101110 01011011 1010111 101011011 01101001 10101010 1110111 01010011 11011 11100101 1111001 100111 1100011 100101100 01010101 10111001110 110011 0010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 189
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 42
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • history of its creation;
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