This is an analysis of the poem Margery Of The Fens that begins with:

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Yes, I'm dying by inches; the Devil has got his way:... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaaaXbbbbXXXbbXccddabbaAaccbbXeeaaXaaddXffaAXaagg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 50,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1 10101100101101 1111001111101 1111010111110 0100101111110101 1 111001111101 01110001111101 011110011101101 10101110111001001 1 1001111001001 101000110001 101111011110111 110100101111111 1 10000111101111 10110110101101001 1111010011110101 111100100100101 1 1110011001111 110111111100101 1101101110011 111100101110101 1 1110110011101 1010010110111111 111111111001001 1111111101001001 1 101011110111001 11111110111101 111111111111101 101001011011101 1 1110101101111 111110111111101 11111111111111 111110110101011 1 100111101001 111010110111011 11111111111110 111100101110101 1 1111010111111 111101111111001111 11110111111111 0011011100101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 2506
  • Average number of words per stanza: 528
  • Amount of lines: 50
  • Average number of symbols per line: 49 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 11
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, you, and, 'll, to, he, in, she, my, for, i've, me are repeated.

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

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