This is an analysis of the poem Impromptu Lines To Captain Riddell that begins with:
YOUR News and Review, sir.
I've read through and through, sir,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabccb dXaXea dXecce
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111111 111111 010010110 010110 011110 110111010 110010 110110 110010111 101110 001001 110011111 111110 011110 011110010 101111 101001 111011110
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 179
- Average number of words per stanza: 34
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (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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