This is an analysis of the poem J. Milton Miles that begins with:
Whenever the Presbyterian bell
Was rung by itself, I knew it as the Presbyterian bell....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaXbaXXXaXb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0100101001 1110111010101001 1101110 00100100010 0101010100 111100100 1101001011000 11101010101 10111111 01001 110110111111
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 436
- Average number of words per stanza: 82
- Amount of lines: 11
- Average number of symbols per line: 39 (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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