This is an analysis of the poem The Two Samaritans And The Tramp that begins with:

A TRAMP was trampin’ on the road—
The afternoon was warm an’ muggy—... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbXXad XXcXXdaX c eXeaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,1,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01110101 010111110 111111001 010100010 111100101 010100110 10010111 110101010 01011101 010111110 01110111 010101010 01010101 1101011010 10010111 110101011 101010110101010 110101001 111100110 11010101 11010111 1111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 194
  • Average number of words per stanza: 40
  • Amount of lines: 22
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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