This is an analysis of the poem The Ballad Of The Taylor Pup that begins with:
Now lithe and listen, gentles all,
Now lithe ye all and hark... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcb daea fbgb h eeXe igjg gkXk kglg khhh imam Xlal jfjf nfbf g XfkX Xgcg mblX hkmj fbfb kXXo agpg g flcl deXe ceXe eaha egbg jghg jhkh bdXX godo p lmbm jXjg gaja emhm dhdh bodX dmdm p hhgh Xfof aXka jmem hdhd gfjf gdXd p Xgkg jhfh enjn fXko lheh fb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,1,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,1,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,1,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,1,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,1,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,1,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11110101 111111 10010111 01101 010101001 010101 01010101 111111 00010101 100101 10010111 111101 101 01101101 1101101 1101010 1010101 110101010 000101 010010100 11001001 011001001 111101 11011101 111101 01110101 010111 11010101 011101 01110101 110101 11010101 111101 10111100 111101 11001101 011111 01010111 111101 11101100 1110101 11001101 011101 11000111 110111 11110100 011101 11111101 110101 1010 1101010010 010101 01100101 110101 11110101 010101 10110101 110111 11110111 101101 111100111 110111 10010101 111001 11000101 100011 11011101 110101 11010101 110101 110101001 110101 01011101 110101 11100101 100101 11010111 110101 101 11010001 111101 11000101 110101 11110111 111111 111011001 010101 10110101 011101 01110011 011111 11011101 110101 01110111 111101 11111111 110011 01010101 010101 01110101 010111 11111111 010111 11010101 010101 11010100 011101 11010101 110101 111101111 1100101 11010111 110111 11010111 1111011 101 10111011 110101 110011101 110101 11010101 100101 01010101 1111001 01010111 110101 110101001 110111 01010101 010101 11110100 111101 11010111 010101 01010101 110111 11010101 110101 11111111 101111 01110101 110101 10010001 010111 101 11000101 100101 11010101 010101 10110101 110111 110111001 111101 111111001 110110 111110001 110101 10010011 110101 01010111 111101 10010101 110101 1101101 110101 01011111 100101 11110100 1011101 01111111 1100111 11011101 110101 101 11010101 011101 01011101 110101 11010101 111111 110100101 1101001 11110101 110001 1100010001 010101 11110101 011101 01010101 011101 11110101 010101 11011101 110101 11110101 010111 11010111 01101 01111101 101001 1100101010 1111001
- Amount of stanzas: 55
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 107
- Average number of words per stanza: 20
- Amount of lines: 208
- Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; his, and, of, that, he, ', who, fie are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words now, and, his, at, who, where are repeated.
The author used the same words his, that at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ' is repeated).
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