This is an analysis of the poem Mister Muffin Tucker that begins with:

That's right.
That's what I like to call myself....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCdXbb ABCXXddXee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11 11110111 101010 111110 111010 11111 011110111 11 11110111 101010 100110110 11110110 11111 111110101 110101 1101 1111111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 238
  • Average number of words per stanza: 45
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • 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 punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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