This is an analysis of the poem Rotton Row that begins with:
I hope I'm fond of much that's good,
As well as much that's gay;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababccaXadee fgfgbb dfdXgg ghghii XbXbgg gfgfgg jejecc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,6,6,6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 11010110 111111 11010011 110101 11110101 11011101 01011111 010101 01111101 011001 01011111 11010101 11011101 111101 11010111 010101 11001111 10110111 101101001 011101 11011111 0101100 11110110 01010101 11110100 110101 11001111 110111 11001101 01011101 11010101 111101 11010100 010101 11110101 11110101 11110001 011101 11110111 110111 11010111 11110111 11110101 110101 11111101 010111 01111101 10111101
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 216
- Average number of words per stanza: 42
- Amount of lines: 48
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- 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; i, what, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, and, what are repeated.
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