This is an analysis of the poem The Red-Haired Man that begins with:

There was a red-haired man who had no eyes or ears.
Neither did he have any hair, so he was called red-haired theoretically. ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aX aX XX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110111111111 10011101111111101000 110111101011001101 110101101111111011111111111111101010111011 111110111101001 010101111101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 158
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 6
  • Average number of symbols per line: 79 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 16
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; he, had, no, have, and are repeated.

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

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