This is an analysis of the poem Larry O’toole that begins with:

You've all heard of Larry O'Toole,
Of the beautiful town of Drumgoole;... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbbXaa aaXXaaa aaccXaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101001 001001010 11111 01011 11011101 01 11001101 11101101 11110011 11011 01011 101011001 01 01011001 11001101 01011111 11001 111001 11111011 01 111101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 190
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • 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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of is repeated.

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