This is an analysis of the poem Ye Idyll Of Ye Hippopopotamus that begins with:
With a Methodist hymn in his musical throat,
The Sun was emitting his ultimate note;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbcc bbddXX eedddd bXfX gX dX hX aX aaiagXiidddd XijXbjdka XaaklkkaiiaXllgiigiffmllmlaalllllnKbdbkbnbkbnbmXXbobKbabXllbbmmkkbbbbddoobbaaiikkkkkkiabaabooaapiaipbbXqqgbbqmqXqcqXXanknKkkkKjkjKdkdki m o okXjjkkiiiikkllXkkddaaaarrbbmmkkmmmmXqXhiXaakkqqmi
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,4,2,2,2,2,12,9,135,1,1,52,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 001001001001 01101001001 01001010001 1110001001 110110001011 01111000001 11001001001 1111001011 1101111101 1011001001 1111111110 10110110010 1101001101 1001101001 100101001 1101001001 1010011001 01011001011 1001011111 1111101 11001011101 111011011 1001001111 111111 11011010001 111011011 10101111 11110110 11101001001 1110110010 1101001101 1001101011 01111011001 11001001001 1110101001 01001010001 10101011101 11001001011 001001001001 001011001011 01001011001 11001001001 101001100110110 101000111010011 101010100010001 10100010011011 111111 1010001010101001 101010111010101 101001100010001 101000100110101 111111 1000001001 1011101101 10111101 0110110 01010101 01110101 11110101 11110101 11010100 01010001 01010011 11010101 11110011 01010101 11111111 110001001 11010101 11000101 11110101 11010001 11010101 11001101 01001101 110101001 01000101 11010001 11010111 01010111 01010101 11011101 01010101 01000101 0100111 1001001011 00100101 11101101001 11011110 11011011001 01001001 11011101001 0100111111 11011101011 0100101 11001001011 11011001 01001001001 1100101 110011111000 1100111 111110001001 11001011 1001001011 11101011 01011011001 101011001 010010 11011101001 01001111011 11011101111 111101001001 11111001011 001011111001 11011001011 111001001111 111001011111 11011001001 11101011001 01001001001 101011001001 101101101001 100110101001 01101101111 101111001001 111001011011 01001011011 0101101001 110101001001 01001001101 101001001001 101111011111 101111011001 11011101010 11011011011 11011011011 01010111 11010001 110101 11100101 11010101 111100 01000101 10010101 010011 11110101 110111 01010101 111111 01010100 110001 11010101 11010111 111111 11010101 01010101 110101 01011101 10110101 01111101 1001110 11111111 1111011 010101001 0111010 11110101 0111010 01101010 1010100 01010101 010101 11001111 111101 01011101 110101 11001101 111101 11110101 110101 11001101 111101 11010011 110101 11010101 010101 010 10111010111010100101011001100010100011001101010010101010100100101110 1101110101 1111111001 1101010010 110100110010 1101010101 0111000101 0101110101 0101110101 1001010101 0101011101 011100111 1100010101 0111110101 1101010101 1101000101 1101010101 100 11110101 11000101 01011101 11010101 01010101 11010101 01010101 01010101 1010111001 11010101 10010001 01010101 01010101 10010101 1000101 11010101 11010101 10011101 01010101 11010001 01010101 11010101 01111111 11010001 11011101 110111010 01011101 11011101 11111100 01010111 11110101 01001011 11011101 01110111 11111101 111101010
- Amount of stanzas: 14
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 662
- Average number of words per stanza: 118
- Amount of lines: 244
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; his, with, in, of, d, he, to, my, five, thy are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, the, hail, five are repeated.
The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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