This is an analysis of the poem Lines On Col. Wonham that begins with:
Formerly of Ingersoll, now of the North West.
When Wonham got orders...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X aabb ccXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 100010010011 110110 0010010 011010 110110 111011 001111 111110 1001001
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 85
- Average number of words per stanza: 15
- Amount of lines: 9
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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