This is an analysis of the poem Repeat That, Repeat that begins with:

Repeat that, repeat,
Cuckoo, bird, and open ear wells, heart-springs, delightfully sweet,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 01101 1111101110101001 00100010001 1101011001111010101 0111101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 266
  • Average number of words per stanza: 44
  • Amount of lines: 5
  • Average number of symbols per line: 52 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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