This is an analysis of the poem To A Hatpeg that begins with:

There’s a nice little hatpeg that hangs on the wall
That long from its owner has parted,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efef ghgh idid jbjb Xklk mfmf ckck nlnl jhjX cfcf blblXlklk
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1001101011101 110010110 11101001011 110011110 101011101101 11001011 111101111010 101001011 11011011011 11011101 11011011111 1011011011 11011001101 1110011110 11101011001 011011010 01111111101 111111011 11111011011 101101011 111011111011 101001101 111101011111 101101011 11010011101 0010110010 101001011101 0010010010 01001111101 011001001 11111011011 001001111 111001101011 0010110010 11111111001 111010010 11011011001 01111001 101011001001 11001101 111101011101 1011110010 101101101011 010110100 11101001001 11111011 11001111101 111011011111 111101011001 0011110011 01001111101 010110111 111011101011 11111101 110011001101 11111011
  • Amount of stanzas: 14
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 174
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 56
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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