Poem Analysis of Punctuality by Lewis Carroll for close reading

This is an analysis of the poem Punctuality that begins with:

Man Naturally loves delay,
And to procrastinate;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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Rhyme scheme: abab cbcb dada bbbb efef X dgdg
Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,1,4,
Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
Guessed form: ballad stanza
Metre: 11000101 100101 10110101 011101 110100001 111101 11010101 110111 110100101 1001100010 10011101 111101 0101101001 11010101 0101001011 001001 10000111 110001 010011101 1101001 10 11010011 11001010 111101001 10001010
Amount of stanzas: 7
Average number of symbols per stanza: 107
Average number of words per stanza: 19
Amount of lines: 25
Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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; to, at, past, be are repeated.

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