This is an analysis of the poem King Solomon And The Peacock that begins with:
I heard that once upon a time a peacock came to King Solomon,
Heading a delegation of feathery folks....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbcXdbbeXedbcccXfXffXbXa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 25,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11110101011101100 100101001001 01000100110101010 100001010100110 11001110111001011 11001110011000 11111111111 1110110100111011001 1011001101001010100111010 111010011111 110101111100010 11101010011001 01111010001001 111001000101011101 110101011 0101000101000010010010 11011101011010101 11001010110001 1011010010101 01111010 111100111010 11100101111001011010 11111101001 1101010 0101111010100
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1423
- Average number of words per stanza: 253
- Amount of lines: 25
- Average number of symbols per line: 56 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 10
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; its, i, of, you are repeated.
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