This is an analysis of the poem Mrs. Meyers that begins with:

He protested all his life long
The newspapers lied about him villainously;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXXaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 10101011 011010111000 11111111001 1101010 1111011111 110100101110 11100110101 101110101001 0111010100 111111 11110010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 427
  • Average number of words per stanza: 81
  • Amount of lines: 11
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; he is repeated.

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  • summary of Mrs. Meyers;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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