This is an analysis of the poem In My Own Shire, If I Was Sad that begins with:

In my own shire, if I was sad,
Homely comforters I had: ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddbbcceeddaa ffccbbddaaccee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,14,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01110111 1010011 01011111 10010111 11011001 11111001 11101111 110011101 1011111 01001111 1000111 11010101 11010101 10010101 110010101 1010101 11010101 011001001 10100101 01010101 11010111 11100101 11110101 0110101 11011111 010111101 01010001 1010001 010100111 0011101 11111111 1111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 533
  • Average number of words per stanza: 98
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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; they is repeated.

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