This is an analysis of the poem Ye Flags Of Picadilly that begins with:
Ye flags of Piccadilly,
Where I posted up and down, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Abbb acdc ceXe Xfdf XfgfXAgcg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101010 1110111 1111110 1010111 101010100 110111 11100010 11100001 10101101 1011100 11101010 1010001 10111010 10101001 10101010 1011001 0101100 011101 10101010 1011101 1101010 1110111 1110111 1010111
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 119
- Average number of words per stanza: 22
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, i are repeated.
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