This is an analysis of the poem The Pannikin Poet that begins with:

There's nothing here sublime,
But just a roving rhyme, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaabcccX dddbeeeX fffXdddX gXgbhhhX XiibdddX jjjbgggX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110101 110101 110101 010100 011001 110101 010101 010100 110101 110101 110101 010100 0100101 011001 011111 010100 111111 010101 010101 1100100 110111 1100101 110101 010100 1010101 0101010 111111 010100 1010111 111101 110101 0101010 010101 010110 111101 010100 110101 010101 110101 1101000 110111 111101 110101 010100 110101 010001 111101 010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 215
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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