This is an analysis of the poem A Scotchman Whose Name Was Isbister that begins with:

A Scotchman whose name was Isbister
Had a maiden giraffe he called 'sister'... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: limerick
  • Metre: 010111100 1010011110 111101 0111000 11101011110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 176
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 5
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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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