This is an analysis of the poem Shadrach O'Leary that begins with:

O’Leary was a poet—for a while:
He sang of many ladies frail and fair, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabba cbbdcd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 0101010101 1101010111 0101001101 1100010001 11000101101 101101011 1101110101 01011100011 1011010101 1111011001 0100010101 1011110001 1100110101 0101010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 289
  • Average number of words per stanza: 56
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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