This is an analysis of the poem The Cosinic Curve that begins with:

Callithumpus Kevin Kerr was a young astronomer,
Rich and handsome, eligible, sound and single,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbdXeX eccXfXgX gbdXhfgX eaaadhdX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10001011010100 111010001110 11101011010001 001011101010 10011111111001 111010100110 10101110010101 101111101010 10001011010111 10110101010 10111001010101 11000111100 11101110110000 1000101111000 10110011110101 111001111110 100011110100101 11111111010 100011110111001 11000110110 10001111010001 111110111010 11111001001101 11010011010 10100011000101 111110100010 10101011111110 001011111010 10101011010101 101011111000 110011110111001 1111011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 420
  • Average number of words per stanza: 75
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 52 (very long strings)
  • 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; and, to, he are repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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