This is an analysis of the poem The Man Bitten By Fleas that begins with:

A Peevish Fellow laid his Head
On Pillows, stuff'd with Down; ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd cbXb acac efXf efef acac aaaa gcgc hihi djdj dfdf ffkk
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 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: 01010101 110101 11110101 010101 11000101 111011 01010001 110101 11111111 110101 11010101 001101 11001101 010101 11110101 110111 11011001 010101 01010101 111111 01110101 101111 11010101 110101 11010101 011111 11110101 111111 100100101 001001 11110101 101001 01010111 010101 01111101 110011 111010111 010101 11011111 111101 11111111 110111 11111101 011101 11110101 110101 11110001 110101 1111010101 1101110011 1101011111 1111111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 135
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 52
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; and, be are repeated.

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  • summary of The Man Bitten By Fleas;
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  • history of its creation;
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