This is an analysis of the poem Algernon that begins with:
Who played with a Loaded Gun, and, on missing his Sister was reprimanded by his Father.
Young Algernon, the Doctor's Son,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a bbaXaccbb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11001011110010110101010 11000101 11000101 110001010 1101001 10 01011101 010101001 11010100 11000101
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 175
- Average number of words per stanza: 30
- Amount of lines: 10
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- 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; his is repeated.
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