This is an analysis of the poem Adam Weirauch that begins with:

I was crushed between Altgeld and Armour.
I lost many friends, much time and money...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXbabcdXedabXeceXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 19,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110110110 1110111110 10110110010 01101000101100 1101001110110 1010111101 1110111010 011001011011 1011 1101100101011 101001111 101000011010100 011010100011010 11110101011010 110101001111 1101101111 01111001011 1101010111 1101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 818
  • Average number of words per stanza: 151
  • Amount of lines: 19
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; and, to, me are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.

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