This is an analysis of the poem The Mummery that begins with:

THE TWO CAVEES
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  • Rhyme scheme: X a XbXcde f X ghhij k i g eellbb m nnh k hmhM oMppn h mm k kkhhoohih i cccjjhjnnhhj gqkmkqmgnnooeX g rrhhgXofil kobbjjs g sX k smmnnbbqqqee q ttq g q k eeuu nmj a qqqmm kmqqj K aXAX K AX K doXO K XO K ngNX K NX g nnkk k mmbbqq j g nn kXmm
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,6,1,1,5,1,1,1,6,1,3,1,4,5,1,2,1,9,1,12,14,1,10,7,1,2,1,12,1,3,1,1,1,4,3,1,5,5,1,4,1,2,1,4,1,2,1,4,1,2,1,4,1,6,1,1,2,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 0110 100010 10100100 100010110001 110100100 11010 011010 1001101011000100001010 10100111011 11 1 11101100001 1101011111 1011010111 01010 100 10101 1 1011011001 1011010001 10001110001 1101010111 1101010111 1101011101 1011 1111001101 1111011101 10111011100101 1110 100100111 1011011 11111111 01001001 1110000101 01001001 010010 011010 010001 1101 1 1011 100 1001011101 1100111101 1101110101 1101110111 0101110111 1101010101 1111010101 10011 11111010101 011 0010001 1010101 0010101 1010101 1010101 1010001 1010101 1010111 0011001 1010101 1010101 101 1010101 1010111 11111010 111 10111110 0010011 001 1001001 1010101 10100101 1010001 1111101 1111001 0101000 1 1100010101 1101011111 1101010101 1101011111 1011111111 1100110110 11001011111 01 101 1101 100 0101 0101110101 0101000101 1010010111 11001010101 1011 1 110111 110011 100 111 1101111101 1110011101 1101010111 1101010000 111101101 0101110101 1111000111 0111110011 1011 1111011101 0111010101 11 1101011111 1111110101 1111101101 1 1111110111 100 0111010101 1011110101 011100001 1111000101 0100010100110011 01111110111010 100010101 10100 1100110001 1101011111 01011011101 0101110001 11010111 100 11 11011111001 1111110101 111101 110 1111110 110110 1111010 111001 110 1111010 111001 110 110100 1110101 1111100 1010101 110 1111100 1010101 110 1101110 110101 11010111 010111 110 11010111 010111 1 0111010101 1001010101 01010100110 01010101110 100 1111010111 1101011100 01011111110 01010101110 1101010101 1111110101 011001001000100110100011111100101110100000010100101101001011110100101110011010101001111001011000111100011110 1 1101110101 1111011001 100 1111011101 1101111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 60
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 98
  • Average number of words per stanza: 18
  • Amount of lines: 183
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, i, my, de, as, cent, of are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word an' is repeated.

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  • summary of The Mummery;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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