This is an analysis of the poem Came The Great Popinjay that begins with:

CAME the great Popinjay
Smelling his nosegay: ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXaXabXbXcdcd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101100 100100 01011 011100 10001 111010 111010 010010 110111 11010 0101101 0011110 11111 1001 110101 0101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 394
  • Average number of words per stanza: 67
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Came The Great Popinjay;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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