This is an analysis of the poem "Zeh was a pharmacist" that begins with:

Zeh was a pharmacist,
or claimed to be,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbXX cbdXe fXaecb feXced cXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,6,6,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110100 1100 10101010111010 11011101011010000101100 10101000011 11101000010 11010110 111101001 10010011010 001 11110101 111110101001 010110 110110001 11111010 010010010 011011111 10110110101 111010010100110 100010010 010010100 0001010101 011100101 1011010 11101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 184
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 25
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; to is repeated.

    The author used the same word zeh at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase you connects the lines.

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