This is an analysis of the poem The Fate Of A Harpist that begins with:

There is women, yer Worship, of various kinds:
An' some of 'em's fluffy a' foolish,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaXbb XcXXcdd aeaeee XXXXddd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,7,6,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101011001001 110110110 11010011011 110111110 1011110111110 110110110010 11111001011 111001101101 11011011011 11011011011 111101001 001101111001 1010010110011 111111011011 11111011000 11111101011 111111111101 1110010110110 111011110010 11111001011 11110111011 111001011111 111110111011 101011001 111011111101 1111110110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 306
  • Average number of words per stanza: 64
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; an', as, she, 'arps, me, i, for, 'er are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words an', wot, she, i are repeated.

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

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  • history of its creation;
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