This is an analysis of the poem Winding The Clock that begins with:

When I was but a little lad, my old Grandfather said
That none should wind the clock but he, and so, at time for bed,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccaaddeeeeff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 11110101111101 11110111111111 110101001110101 110111010100101 01110101111101 10110101010101 11110100110101 11011101110101 11011101111110 01000100010001 11110110010101 01010101110101 01010101110101 110101000111101 1111101110011 01011001010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 916
  • Average number of words per stanza: 180
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 56 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 11
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; for, to are repeated.

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