This is an analysis of the poem The Fitzroy Blacksmith that begins with:
Under the spreading deficit,
The Fitzroy Smithy stands; ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXbXbacXcXc bdadXd XbeXeb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10010100 011101 01011101 011101 101000101 111101 11110111 1110101 1111101011100 0011111 1011100101 1010101 001010100011 1010101 110100101 1010101 101010111 1110101 10010100 101111 11011110 110101 10011111 110101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 278
- Average number of words per stanza: 48
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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