This is an analysis of the poem Beard And Baby that begins with:
I say, as one who never feared
The wrath of a subscriber's bullet,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd cdcd XeXe dede cdcd dfdf
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 11111101 010001010 11011101 111101010 11111101 110110010 11010111 111101010 01011101 110111110 11011111 110101010 11010111 010000110 11110101 110101010 11010101 010111010 11010001 110101110 11011101 110101010 11010111 111111010 110010101 110001010 11111111 010001010
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 140
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 28
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
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