This is an analysis of the poem Ezra On The Strike that begins with:

Wal, Thanksgivin' do be comin' round.
With the price of turkeys on the bound,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaab cccb ddde ddde fffeXeeee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110010101 001010101 11111011 0101010 01010101 11000101 010100101 1111010 110101 111100 1011111 0101010 11010111 1111111 1110111 110110 1110101 10011101 110110100 1101 110111101 111101111 1111011 010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 123
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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