This is an analysis of the poem I Could Arrest You For Disturbing The Peace that begins with:

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcddef Xgh c XdgbhidXddfb eXagbjk cbd jj X bbibeaahkXf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,3,1,12,7,3,2,1,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101 100101 1101110 0010101 110 111111010 10001010 100 111101011 11100110 110010101 1 1110 10011 111110 110101001 111101011 111 1 10011110 0110111 110010010 111101011 1 111 11101011101 11010101 1111010 1101101011 010111 1111010 1100101011100011 110101000010 1 10011101 111010111 11 10110100100101 100100101 11101 01010010100 111 111011001111 11011101001 11001100 1101111 11010
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 144
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 47
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

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