This is an analysis of the poem Mr. Nixon that begins with:
In the cream gilded cabin of his steam yacht
Mr. Nixon advised me kindly, to advance with fewer...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXb cdefg Xdhi XdbX dgX gdfa dXbXb fddd ijkj gXkke ebbe XhXfi eebe Xeae ikXk ebeb XXcaXciei
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,5,4,4,3,4,5,4,4,5,4,5,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 00110100011 101001110001010 10001100 1000010 1111111 11011101 101100101111010 10111010 10011011 100100100110 110011 11011101 11010 11010011001 110111 11001111000 11110100 1111110101 111111 101001 11010101011 110101 010100100111 1111000 1 010101 01011010 0110000 1100110 10011 001010101010 11010010 1011001 0100100001010 1101 11010010 0110101 1 1000010 1001110 1001010 0011100110 1100101010 11010100 10110110 1011010 1 1000101 100110101 1000000110101 10101010101 10111100 0010010 010100 010010 10110010 01101010 0101010 1100010101010 1000100010 01010101010 01010 1010110110 01010101010 01010010100 1000101010 010011100 101010101 1010101100 0111 101010 010101 010111 11101001010 01010
- Amount of stanzas: 18
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 130
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 75
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, her, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words 'and, no, of, a are repeated.
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