This is an analysis of the poem A Eunuch Complains Of His Fate that begins with:

A few fine lines, at random drawn,
Like the shell-pattern wrought in lawn...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbbb ccdeXd ffcggc hhgggg XXaiia iijkkjeejXeekcck
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,16,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01111101 10110101 010101 110011101 01000101 111101 01111111 10110100 001101 111111001 11011010 100111 010011101 11011011 011101 11010111 10111101 110101 101101001 11111101 110111 11011111 01111101 011101 010101001 110100111 110101 01111101 010101001 110101 110011101 01111101 100101 01110111 11010101 101111 11010101 110011001 100101 11010111 11000111 100101 01110011 11111101 111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 213
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 45
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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; you is repeated.

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

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