This is an analysis of the poem Deacon Taylor that begins with:

I belonged to the church,
And to the party of prohibition;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaaXXaXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101001 1001001010 101001110101010 01110100010 110011100 11010010010 01011 1101001 00101 10001000
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 335
  • Average number of words per stanza: 55
  • Amount of lines: 10
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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