This is an analysis of the poem Nonsense Verses that begins with:

By Edward Leary.
There was an old fellow of Peterhouse,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbXXXccddX Xedde Xeffe bbXXX eebXeXaacca
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,5,5,5,11,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010 1111100100 11101110101 11110101 101101010 10101100100 110110010 110010010 1111001 101111 1100100100 11011001 111001001 111101 111011 1010111101 11011001 101011011 111001 001011 11111101 110110110 101011001 10111 111101101 001101001100 11011001 101001011 0011111 010010 111101101 1111100100 0101100100 1110110 110110 1110100100
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 219
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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; of, to are repeated.

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

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines room is repeated).

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  • summary of Nonsense Verses;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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