This is an analysis of the poem How Pleasant To Know Mr. Lear that begins with:

How pleasant to know Mr. Lear,
Who has written such volumes of stuff. ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Abab cdcd eeeX XfXf fgfg gXgX hfhf iaiA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11001101 111011001 11111011 101111001 0101010100 01001001 0100111100 01001001 1111111110 10011011 110010010 11101001 110010010 01001101 110110010 11011011 11101101100 11001001 0100100100 1100101 11101011 01011011 1011011001 1110110010 111010010 11101001 110011110 1101001 111111110 11001101 1010010010 11001101
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 143
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words his, he are repeated.

    The author used the same word he at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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