This is an analysis of the poem Daniel M'Cumber that begins with:

When I went to the city, Mary McNeely,
I meant to return for you, yes I did....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbcdddXbeXeXXcXaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111001010010 1100111110 110110010 100111111101 110101111 111100101 001110010110 0101110010 01001011000 1110111110 111100101 110111111 0101100101 110101101 111110101 111110110010 11001011110 0101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 721
  • Average number of words per stanza: 138
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • 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.

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

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