This is an analysis of the poem Fitzmickle Unbends that begins with:

Mr Fitzmickle, the martinet,
Still with an iron hand... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabaacXc XdadXaXa XbXbdeae XefXfccX XfbfXdcd XceXXceX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10100100 101101 111110101 111101 1110100101 1010111 11011101 1100101 10100100 111001 100110101 100101 111011100 1010101 10100101101 1010111 10100100 100101 11001001001 1100111 110100101 1100111 11011101 101101101 10100100 110111 111110111 10111010 1011100101 10111001 11000001001 001001011 10100100 100111 10100100101 110101 11010101 1010101 10111111 1001101 10100100 100101 11011111 111101 10111011110 1010101 001011101 101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 270
  • Average number of words per stanza: 50
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

    The author used the same word mr at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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