This is an analysis of the poem William And Bill that begins with:
Our Mr. Jiggs was certainly an estimable youth,
A pillar of propriety, a champion of truth;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabb ccdd ddee ffgg bbdd hhii ddcc eegg iieeXiidd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 11011100110001 01000100010001 11000100011001 01110101010001 11010100010101 01111101110101 101010101011100 1010101010111 10101001111101 001001101010101 11010101110101 01010100010001 1101010111001 11010101010001 11010101110101 11111101010101 01010101100101 11110111011001 0101010110101 011101001010101 11110001110101 001010101111101 11110111110111 11110101101001 010101001111101 11011101110100 1111100010101 11111111110101 11100110011111 11011101110011 11010101110011 11011101111101 01010101100001 11111001110001 10010101010001 00100010111111 11011101110111 01001101010101 01011111010111 010000101111111
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 231
- Average number of words per stanza: 45
- Amount of lines: 40
- Average number of symbols per line: 57 (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; of, and, he, his are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word he is repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase bill connects the lines.
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