This is an analysis of the poem The Society Upon The Stanislaus that begins with:
I reside at Table Mountain, and my name is Truthful James;
I am not up to small deceit or any sinful games;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabX ccdd XXaa eeaa ffcc ffff ccee ggcc aabX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 101110101110101 11110101110101 111010101110101 11110100010100 11110110010101 11010101010101 10010101000101 01111101010111 11010101110001 101110100110100 11000101010101 111010101010001 11110101110101 01111100110101 11110110010001 11111111110011 11110101111111 011101101101001 11010101010101 11100010111101 111001101010101 01010011110101 11010100110001 01110111010101 11010101010101 01011111100010 111010101111101 101000101000111 1011111010010001 00110010001001 101111100110101 101011101010100 10011101010101 111110101110101 111010101110101 11110100010100
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 223
- Average number of words per stanza: 44
- Amount of lines: 36
- Average number of symbols per line: 55 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 11
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, for, to, of, he, and, in are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, and are repeated.
The author used the same word then at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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