This is an analysis of the poem Telemachus Versus Mentor that begins with:

Don't mind me, I beg you, old fellow,--I'll do very well here alone;
You must not be kept from your 'German' because I've dropped in like... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXabcc defeghXh ibjbgaaa keleaa mgbgXaa bfjjfj XXjmnn kooblX mbXbplal aanili pkikqkk qbqfXdk
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,8,8,6,7,6,6,6,8,6,7,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111111011101101 111010110011101 01 111010011111011 10 110110010101001101 1111010110111011 101 11110100101100100 1 11111111111001 011 110101110110010 11 1101101101100101 1 11011011011011 101 110110011110110 11 1111110010111110 11 11101101111101 101 0110110100110111 1 11111111001101011 01001010101001011 1110100111010 01101 111011010001111 111 11111101000110100 1 101011011001001011 01100100110100100 110110100100100 1001 0110100101111001 1011110111101100 1 11111001111001 1000 111101001111010011 11101110110100 1111 1100101111001001 111111001010110 01 0100100111010001 11111101011001101 001101001010001 100 1111010110111010 01 1011110111010110 1 10110100101110110 11 1011011110111010 11 11111111001101011 101011101001101011 111011010110010 01 011011010110111 01 111111101010110 11 110111111110101 1 111111010011001000 1 1100100101011001 11011011001111001 101111111111011 111 101111111011100 1001 111110010010010 01
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 294
  • Average number of words per stanza: 56
  • Amount of lines: 81
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, and, i, my, for, in, no, to are repeated.

    The author used the same words he's, shall at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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