This is an analysis of the poem Cobbler And Stork that begins with:

COBBLER
Stork, I am justly wroth,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: a Xbcb d ecfcefcf a XeXeghchhhchicccchchjkek d djkjlgjgiejeibiXXfhfefbf a hgcXlhihgXcb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,1,8,1,24,1,24,1,12,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10 111101 111111 01111101 110111 1 1100111 010101 11011101 111101 111111 111111 111111101 111001 10 110001 110001 01111111 100101 110101 111101 101011011 0101001 111111 110101 011100101 110101 110101 111101 11011111 111101 111101 0101111 11111111 110011 111101 111001 11011111 111001 1 110111 011101 10111101 010101 111101 11101 01010101 010111 11101 110001 11110101 010101 110101 110101 01011111 111110 110101 110101 11011101 100101 110111 110101 11110111 111111 10 111101 111111 01011110 1111100 111111 110111 11011101 110111 111111 110110 111001111 111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 219
  • Average number of words per stanza: 41
  • Amount of lines: 77
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

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

    The author used the same word stork at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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