This is an analysis of the poem Uncle Bill that begins with:

My Uncle Bill! My Uncle Bill!
How doth my heart with anguish thrill! ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccaXddeXffXXaaggeehhbbbbiiddXXbbffXaXX jjhXaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 42,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011101 11110101 11111101 11011101 01111111 01011101 01110111 110101010 010000101 11010101 01111101 1110101010 11011101 11110001 011100110 0100010100 01111111 11010101 11110101 11010101 11001111 01010101 01010101 11011101 11010111 11011101 10110101 11000110101 11010101 11010101 01011101 1010101111 101011101 0101010010 11110111 11110101 110011101 01010111 11010101 11010111 11111101 1101110000 01111111 11010101 01111101 11011101000 11011101 1101010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 926
  • Average number of words per stanza: 157
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; my, with, or are repeated.

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

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