This is an analysis of Old Town Types No. 9 - Long John, The Snob by Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis.

Long John McDougal, the wax-end and leather man,
Solon of the main street, full of curious lore,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababcddd efefaXdd cgcgXXddXbabacddd
  • Stanza lengths: 8,8,17,
  • Metre: 110100111101 100011101001 111101010101 10111010111 1111011010 111111100101 0010111111100 0111001101001 1101011101001 10101010111 1110101111101001 10011011111 11101011110101 110101011101010 1011111011100 0111001101001 110101010101 101010110101 111101011110101 110101010111 11010101010 11111111010110 1110101101011100 0111001101001 11010101011 101011011101 1111010110111 11111100011101 1111011010 101010010101 100011111100 0111001101001
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 32

Repeated words/phrases

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