This is an analysis of the poem The Dormouse And The Doctor that begins with:
There once was a Dormouse who lived in a bed
Of delphiniums (blue) and geraniums (red),...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aAbB aacX aabb aacc bBaA ccbX aAcX ddbX cceX ccaX XeXX ffaX ffXX ccaaXaaff
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 11101111001 01001101001 11011101001 00100111001 01011001111 101111001101 1110010111111 1111010010010 01111101101 1111000100111111 11011001111 00100111001 01011011001 111101011111 1001001000100111 01101001001 01111111101 00100111001 111111011001 01001101001 01011101111 111101001001 101001011001101 101001110010 11111111101 01001101001 111001001011 101010101011110 01111111001 1001111011011 011001110101 001001110010 01011101001 11011001011 10101000011111 00100101010010 01111001101 001001001011 101000111001001 010011010010 0101100010100 11011101001 11001011001 11010110100100 01111001001 101001101001 1001001001001 010011010010 01011011001 1101001111101 11011101110 110010010010 01111001011 111101001011 11111101001 01001101001 11001011001 001110001001 101111001111 101101001001
- Amount of stanzas: 15
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 199
- Average number of words per stanza: 33
- Amount of lines: 60
- Average number of symbols per line: 49 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, he'd, he, they, i, his are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, the are repeated.
The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of The Dormouse And The Doctor;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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