This is an analysis of the poem Herbert Glerbett that begins with:
Herbert Glerbett, rather round,
swallowed sherbet by the pound,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabXccaaddeeffXb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1010101 1010101 10101010 10101010 0110101 1010101 11110101 10010101 01100101 01011101 01010101 01011111 10111011 11010101 001101010 1100011010
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 540
- Average number of words per stanza: 98
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- 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; thing, it are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, a are repeated.
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