This is an analysis of the poem The Argument that begins with:
Said Jock McBrown to Tam McSmith,
"A little bet I'm game to take on,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XabX XaaX XXbX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111011 1010101011 11110111 1101011100 111011 111101111 11110101 1101010100 111011 1011101110 10110111 1101010100
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 156
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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