This is an analysis of the poem Put A Penny In The Slot that begins with:
If my action's stiff and crude,
Do not laugh, because it's rude.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbaaccdX ddeeXXaadD bbddeXffdD
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,10,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0110111 1110101 0110101 1110101 1110101 1011101 1010111 1111101 1010001 100100010 1001101 1010111 1011101 1110101 1010101 101010100 1010111 1010101 0110101 1010001 1010001 1010101 1010101 1010101 1010111 1011000100 1011101 1111101 0110101 1010001
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 307
- Average number of words per stanza: 55
- Amount of lines: 30
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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