This is an analysis of the poem Young Bicham that begins with:

In London city was Bicham born,
He longd strange countries for to see,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcX cbab XbdX ebfb fgdX abdX aghb iaja igiX ibig aifi bXiX iXgX XbeX cbeX fbkb dbkX XgbX cbhg ibeX ebhX hXjX aXba
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 010101101 11110101 111110101 111110 110101101 110111001 111110111 111101100 110100101 11110111 111100101 1111110 101111110 11011101 11000101 111110111 11110111 11001110 11110101 11010101 11010011 11010111 11111101 11010101 11110101 11011110 1100110101 11111101 111011011 11011101 1111110101 111011111 11111011 111101110 1011100111 110111101 0111100111 11110101 11011011 110110110 1111111 11100101 11011101 1110111001 10110111 10110110 110110101 1100111011 11110101 11110101 11011110 111001110 110010010 11010101 11111110 11011101 110101101 11110101 11111110 11110100 11010111 01110011 110010101 010111001 11100101101 110110111 1111011001 1111101101 11010110 11111110 11011101 11110101 11011101 101111111 110101001 101110100 11110101 11110101 11110100 11111100 11010110 01011001 111111011 11011111 111101011 1010101101 111101111 111101111 110101101 11001101 11011101 11100101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 23
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 141
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 92
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; he's, him, o, her, she, ', up, he, you, hae are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words an, o are repeated.

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

    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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