This is an analysis of the poem Touchstone On A Bus that begins with:

Last night I rode with Touchstone on a bus
From Ludgate Hill to World's End. It was he!...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabXcdeedabXaddXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 17,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1111011101 0101011011 0101010101 111110110010 0110010101 0111010101 1101010101 1111011111 0111010001 1101011101 11001111001 111111001001 01010010101 1011110111 1101110111 10011100010 1100010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 768
  • Average number of words per stanza: 145
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, his are repeated.

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

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