This is an analysis of the poem The Mystery Of Mister Smith that begins with:
For supper we had curried tripe.
I washed the dishes, wound the clock;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababXX cdcdee fgfghh hfhfii jdjdee kbkbhh lhlhmm nfnfjj icXchh eXehmm
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 11011101 11010101 11011111 11111101 01010101 1111101110 01111101 11111111 10110101 01010101 11001111 11111111 01110101 01010101 01010111 11111101 11010101 11111101 01111101 11111101 11110101 01001101 11010101 01010001 11110101 11011111 11010101 11010101 11010101 110101001 11110111 11011101 111111001 11010111 11001111 11010011 1100011 11000011 110101001 11110111 11010101 11010001 11011101 11010011 01011101 01000101 11010001 11011111 11011101 11010101 11111111 11011101 11011101 11010001 010011111 11110100 11111011 11111110 01011111 11000111
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 198
- Average number of words per stanza: 41
- Amount of lines: 60
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, no, it, my are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, it, i've are repeated.
The author used the same words a, i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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