This is an analysis of the poem A Soaring Toad that begins with:
So, Governor, you would not serve again
Although we'd all agree to pay you double.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababbacc dedeeddd cacaaXff agaggaff hfhffhbb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1100111101 11110101110 1101010011 11010001010 11010001010 1111110001 0101010101 1101010101 1101110101 1110010101 0101110101 1001110101 0100110001 1101000101 1111011101 1001111111 1101010101 1101010101 0101010101 1001010111 1101010101 1101001110 1101110001 1101010101 0111000101 0101011101 0100011101 1101010001 1101011111 0101000101 01011101001 0111001101 1011110111 10110001001 1111110001 0101001111 1111001001 1101010001 1111010101 1101011101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 328
- Average number of words per stanza: 61
- Amount of lines: 40
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, of, and, his, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word one is repeated.
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