This is an analysis of the poem The Kindly Copper that begins with:

Oh, for that kindly copper
I knew long years ago,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababccb dedecce cfcfggf XhXhcch ijijkkj
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111010 111001 0101110 110101 11110101 11011001 111111 1111101 110111 0111010 010111 11011111 11110101 111101 1111010 110111 0111010 101111 11010101 11110111 110111 0111010 111101 1111000 110111 11110101 01010011 011101 11110100 111111 1111110 110101 11110101 10000101 110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 203
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 35
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of The Kindly Copper;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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