This is an analysis of the poem When I Was An Editor that begins with:
So maudlin, with pity and pathos I stood
If someone who erred got the lashes;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abba aaXaXabbaaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,11,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 11001011011 011111010 011110010 01010101011 11111101101 11011101001 110110010010 01001011 11101001011 110011110 01011010 01011011001 0101111001 11111111
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 186
- Average number of words per stanza: 33
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 39 (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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