This is an analysis of the poem Theodore The Poet that begins with:

As a boy, Theodore, you sat for long hours
On the shore of the turbid Spoon...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXXcbddXbadcdXaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 17,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101101111110 10100101 011110101001010 10110011001 10100101101 1101010111 100101 111000101 11111010111111 110110111110 100100101110 1010100011 11111 111111 1111101100 0101011101 10101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 677
  • Average number of words per stanza: 131
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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