This is an analysis of the poem To The Additional Examiner For 1875 that begins with:

Queen Cram went straying
Where Tait was swaying,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaabccXbdddeffe dddgfffgcccffff aaacaaachhhfiif dddfaaafdddjkkj
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,15,15,15,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110 11110 01110 0101 11110 11110 1111 1111 11110 11010 01110 1101 010010 01110 010101111 11010 11110 11010 1101 01010 01010 11110 0101 10101 11011 11111 0111 101110 01010 101110101 11110 11110 11010 1111 11110 01110 11010 1111 11010 010010 11110 1101 11110 11111 011101101 11110 01010 11010 1101 11010 11010 11010 1101 11010 01110 11110 0101 11010 010110 110100111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 346
  • Average number of words per stanza: 62
  • Amount of lines: 60
  • Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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