This is an analysis of the poem Sparrows Self-Domesticated In Trinity College, Cambridge that begins with:

None ever shared the social feast,
Or as an inmate or a guest,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbaaccddeeffccffddffXXggXXhh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 30,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010101 11111101 01010101 11110101 11110101 01110101 110010101 01011101 110100111 11010011 11010101 11110101 110101101 01011001 11100101 01010111 100100001 11010101 01011001 11010001 01010001 10110111 01011101 01010100 10010111 010101001 01011101 0010001001 11111101 01010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1016
  • Average number of words per stanza: 179
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • 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; to is repeated.

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