This is an analysis of the poem How Jack Found That Beans May Go Back On A Chap that begins with:

Without the slightest basis
For hypochondriasis ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXabbca ddefdddf ggfhXXfh XXedbXXd aaXcaadc ccXXiXid aadbXbcX jjjghhdg eekd Xebd ffXXkkii
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,4,4,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0101010 110000 01011000 1010101 10010100 11010100 010011 0101 10011010 1100010 110010100 110011 010011101 010010101 1101010 101 1101010 0111010 010101010 10011 1001000 11011000 1101 01001 11101000 10101100 110101010 11101 11010100 01011000 11110 10001 1100010 101001010 01010111 100001 01010100 11010100 11011 10101 11001010 0101011 01010100 110001 11010101 01111000 01001 10001 1111010 1101010 1101010 010101 1101100 11010100 1111010 111 1101010 1101010 1110001110 10101 11011101 01011101 11111 10101 1111010 0111010 11010100 010101 01110110 11010100 110101 0101 010011001 100110101 011101001 01011111 10110111 10010111 01011101 01010011
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 204
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 80
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; this, and, his, i are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word it's is repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines disease, him are repeated).

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