This is an analysis of the poem At Madame Tussaud's that begins with:

I STOOD in that strange show, the other day,
On Baker Street, where all the famous men,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaaXccadeXcdeX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1101110101 1101110101 11110010101 0111110101 0101100101 1 10011111001 11001110101 1111111111 1001101001 0101011111 1 1101011101 10011101001 10101011001 1111111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 697
  • Average number of words per stanza: 119
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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