This is an analysis of the poem Alfonso Churchill that begins with:

They laughed at me as "Prof. Moon,"
As a boy in Spoon River, born with the thirst...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabbXXXcbaXbcbXcb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 17,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111111010 10101101001 0100101 11111001010 1010111 1010101101 11010001001 1010001 111110101 10100111 010010110 110101101 1101001 101010100101 1010010101010 11001010010 010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 660
  • Average number of words per stanza: 127
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, of are repeated.

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

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