This is an analysis of the poem The Emperor Of Ice-Cream that begins with:
Call the roller of big cigars,
The muscular one, and bid him whip...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXXbaacC XXbbcccC
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 10100101 010011111 010110001 101010011 1111011101 110011110 10001001 01010000100011 1001001 10011111 111010101 1101101001 001010111 01111011 1011001 01010000100011
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 297
- Average number of words per stanza: 57
- Amount of lines: 16
- 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.
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