This is an analysis of the poem The Two Mp's that begins with:

MAGAZINE PUBLISHER AND MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT)
BEING A TRUE AND PARTICULAR ACCOUNT OF THE GRAND MILLING MATCH THAT DIDN'T TAKE PLACE ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: a X Xbcbbc dXXccc eeadddfff bbbXXX gggaaa hhhbbd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,6,6,9,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011001100100 1001111000100110111011 111011 1010111 11101010110 1111011 11110101 111110110110 1110 010100 111001111100 1111110 011010 1011011110010 1110010 111010 111011010110 11101 001101 111001001111 1011110 011010 111111111110 111000111 001011 011110110111 1111110 1101100 011011011100 111111 101110 10101011001 10110101 111101 1111000100101 101011 111011 11101011011 0100111 010011 1110110
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 186
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 41
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; sir, of, to, about are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines sir, of, about are repeated).

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