This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet With The Compliments Of The Season that begins with:

To a popular leader much to be congratulated on the avoidance of a strike at Christmas.
I know you. You will hail the huge release,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a abbaabba ccccXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,8,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 00100101000101010010001110 1111010101 1001000101 0101010101 0101110101 0100010001 1101011101 0111111101 1011000101 0101010101 1111010111 0101011111 11010101011 1111011100 1001101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 226
  • Average number of words per stanza: 43
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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