This is an analysis of the poem The Town Marshal that begins with:

The Prohibitionists made me Town Marshal
When the saloons were voted out,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaXXaXXXaXbaXXXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 17,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 01000011110 10010101 011110101 0111011101 10111101 111001001 1101010 1010001110 0111100010 11010100101 0111101 01110101111 010000111001 0111001 10101001100 111011010 1100011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 647
  • Average number of words per stanza: 120
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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; i, and, with are repeated.

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