This is an analysis of the poem The Gloomy Victorian that begins with:

Where is this glum Victorian
This man of mien forlorn ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AaaabcbbccdccdeceXfXccccgaaag AXXXffhiihjjbjjbbaXbaaaadXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 29,28,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10010100 010101 11110100 010101 11111101 110111 01011101 11111111 111111 11111101 1111001 10011101 01010101 110101 11100101 110100 11011101 010111 11101111 01010111 110101 01001101 110011101 11011101 111111 11010001 11010100 11010101 110101 10010100 100101 01010101 110101 11110101 11011011 111101 11100101 110010101 110101 111110111 10011111 110101 11011111 11110101 010101 11010101 110101 11000010 01111101 010100 11111111 11110101 01011101 110111 11111111 11110101 1101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 880
  • Average number of words per stanza: 167
  • Amount of lines: 57
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; for, him, and, he, me are repeated.

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

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

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