This is an analysis of the poem Dan Mcgann Declares Himself that begins with:

Said Dan McGann to a foreign man who worked at the selfsame bench,
'Let me tell you this,' and for emphasis he flourished a Stilson wrench;...

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXXbcb dXdbbXcc eceffXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,8,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1101001011110101 11111111001100101 110100101101101 01100111001100100 11101001010110110 0010110101110001 11 1110111111100111 110110111101101 11 01110111110100101 10101111011110111 010111111111011 11 11111111001100111 1111001111110111 111110111010111 1 1111111011010101 1111111011110100 1111001000101111 1111001110101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 437
  • Average number of words per stanza: 87
  • Amount of lines: 22
  • Average number of symbols per line: 59 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 12
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; your, to, of, o', i are repeated.

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