This is an analysis of the poem The Labour Agitator that begins with:

LET the liar call me liar,
And the robber call me thief.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcD DEDECFCF XXdXgdgD DEDECFCF chchhghg DEDECFCF hihiaXaiXDEDECFCF
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,17,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101110 1010111 11101010 1010101 11101110 0010101 11111110 10111 10100010 1011101 11101010 1110101 10101010 1011101 00111110 00111 11101010 0011101 11101010 0010101 11111010 0010001 10100010 10111 10100010 1011101 11101010 1110101 10101010 1011101 00111110 00111 11110010 0010001 11111010 0010111 10101010 1101110 11110010 00101 10100010 1011101 11101010 1110101 10101010 1011101 00111110 00111 110101110 1011101 10111010 10100001 10101010 01101100 11101010 011011 10100010 1011101 11101010 1110101 10101010 1011101 00111110 00111
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 234
  • Average number of words per stanza: 46
  • Amount of lines: 66
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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; i, ll are repeated.

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