This is an analysis of the poem Barney Hainsfeather that begins with:

If the excursion train to Peoria
Had just been wrecked, I might have escaped with my life --...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 00010100100 110111101011 1001110101 11011111011 111011100101010 1011 11111111 01101010101001 1001011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 363
  • Average number of words per stanza: 72
  • Amount of lines: 9
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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