This is an analysis of the poem Which Is The Favourite? that begins with:

Brothers and sisters I have many:
Though I know there is not any... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbcddbbeeffbagXhhcceeffgg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 27,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101101110 11110110 0011111 0110111 01010101 1111101 11111111 11010011 11101101 10011101 11110111 11011101 11011101 0110111 10111100 10010010 01011101 11011101 110100101 11111111 01111111 11110111 11110011 110111010 111101110 01001010010 111111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 882
  • Average number of words per stanza: 181
  • Amount of lines: 27
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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; i is repeated.

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