This is an analysis of the poem Mr. Maccall At Cleveland Hall that begins with:

Mr. MacCall at Cleveland Hall,
Sunday evening-date to fix- ...

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbcc d Xe fe X gh Xh X cb cb X ij ij d gk gk d il il d ga ga X fd fX X mX mh iX id d jb jb X fX fX b ijjjhjXijij
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,1,2,2,1,2,2,1,2,2,1,2,2,1,2,2,1,2,2,1,2,2,1,2,2,1,2,2,2,2,1,2,2,1,2,2,1,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101101 1110101 0110101 10101010 10101010 1 1101110 110101 11101010 0101111 1 0100010 0001111 110010100 1011101 1 1010010 100001 11001110 1110111 1 11001010 010101 011101110 111111 1 11110010 00110111 11101110 1100111 1 1111010 1101001 1110010 010111 1 11010110 1110111 10101010 1100111 1 111010010 111101 100100011010 00110101 1 101010 101000 11101110 00100111 01010011 0100100 01111110 010110 1 01010010 011101 11001110 0011111 1 1011010 101100 111111010 111101001 11 0101011 1100101 1110110101 1011001 101111101 1100101 1100010 010101 0101010 011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 39
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 51
  • Average number of words per stanza: 9
  • Amount of lines: 83
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (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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