This is an analysis of the poem The Papplewick Coursing, from Watnall that begins with:

My master Noon and Marton 'Squire
Left Rolleston's comfortable fire,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xabbccddaaeeeeccffgghhffdd ffXaddiijjXXgX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 26,14,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011101 1100100010 100101010 011111110 10111101 01010011 111111010 111111110 110111010 101111110 111110011 000111110 11010111 01010101 11011101 110111110 11011111 11110101 011111010 100100010 11010101 01110101 1001000100 1101111100 11010011 10110011 10110001 11110101 111101011 1111010010 110111110 111101010 11111011 11010101 101001010 110011010 11111101 00110111 111101010 010111100
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 759
  • Average number of words per stanza: 136
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.

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