This is an analysis of the poem The Rat-Catcher that begins with:
I AM the bard known far and wide,
The travell'd rat-catcher beside;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbccbb ddeeffgg hhXdaaii
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11011111 01011001 01110001 110010101 11010111 11010110 11010101 11110101 01011101 10110001 110010101 100010111 11011101 11010101 11011101 11110011 01010111 001010101 111101010 01010101 11011011 110010101 11011011 01010111
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 265
- Average number of words per stanza: 50
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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