This is an analysis of the poem William Jones that begins with:

Once in a while a curious weed unknown to me,
Needing a name from my books;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXXXXbbcabcaXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 1001010010101 1001011 1001010010 100101100101 01010011111 1100010010010 10010110 11001001011100 111001001 1101011 1101010110 111101011001001 010010101101 110101001110 1111010100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 663
  • Average number of words per stanza: 126
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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, her are repeated.

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

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