This is an analysis of the poem The Boy And The Skylark that begins with:

A FABLE.
'A wicked action fear to do,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaabccX ddeffe ddgccg hhiiii aabjjb ddeffe kkiddi aadffX Xbdlld ccffff jjXbbi ddmkkm jjiddX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010 11010101 11111011 1111010 01011001 01011101 1100011 10010111 01010101 1101010 1101011 110101001 1001010 01011101 00010110 1111111 11110111 11010101 0101111 11010011 11001111 0110100 11011101 11110101 1101110 01010111 10010101 1101010 11110101 11010111 0111010 11011101 11010011 1101110 10010101 01010101 0101010 010100111 11010101 1101010 11110101 11000111 1100010 01110101 11110101 0001110 010100001 01010001 1011010 01010110 11011101 1111010 11010101 11010101 1001010 11011101 11110101 0101010 11010101 11110101 0110010 11110001 11011101 11001000 01110111 01110101 0101010 10000111 11111111 11001110 01111111 01010111 1001010 10011111 01010001 1110010 11110101 11011001 1110100
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 194
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 91
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word that is repeated.

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