This is an analysis of the poem Magrady Graham that begins with:
Tell me, was Altgeld elected Governor?
For when the returns began to come in...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abccXcbcdXaXedffebf
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 19,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11110010100 1100101010 11011001 011111111 111010100 00110001 1101101 11110100111 11110010 11011 0110110100010 101101010 11111 1101 01110001 1101 1111100100011 101111111 101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 625
- Average number of words per stanza: 125
- Amount of lines: 19
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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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