This is an analysis of the poem Mrs Jaypher that begins with:

Mrs Jaypher found a wafer
Which she stuck upon a note;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXbccaabX adbdeeffed
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101010 1110101 0111101 1111101 1110101 1010101 11101010 11101110 1010111 1010101 10101110 0110011 1010101 11011101 10101010 11101010 0111111 0010001 11101110 110011
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 312
  • Average number of words per stanza: 58
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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  • summary of Mrs Jaypher;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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