This is an analysis of the poem Chase Henry that begins with:

In my life I was the town drunkard;
When I died the priest denied me burial ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaXXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011110110 11101011100 0101 0101001010 10100101 1101101 10010010100 1001010 111101101 0011001 11100011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 393
  • Average number of words per stanza: 73
  • Amount of lines: 11
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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