This is an analysis of the poem Cottleston Pie that begins with:

Cottleston Cottleston Cottleston Pie,
A fly can't bird, but a bird can fly....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AaAA AaAAXAaAA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1001001001 011110111 110101101 1001001001 1001001001 110101111 110101101 1001001001 1001001001 0111011011 110101101 1001001001
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 142
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; cottleston is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word cottleston is repeated.

    The author used the same word cottleston at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines pie is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word pie at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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