This is an analysis of the poem Shuffle-Shoon And Amber-Locks that begins with:

Shuffle-Shoon and Amber-Locks
Sit together, building blocks;... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: AabcbcbbXXdcdcbXddefefdXbbdbdbaA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 32,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011101 1010101 1010111 1010101 1010111 1111101 1010101 1110101 101100010 1011101 10110101 0011111 1010111 1010111 10101011 10101110 10111011 1110101 1011101 1010101 1010101 1010111 1001101 11101100 1110111 1000101 1100101 1011101 1010101 1000111 1111111 1011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1078
  • Average number of words per stanza: 181
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; by is repeated.

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

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