This is an analysis of the poem The Singular Sangfroid Of Baby Bunting that begins with:

Batholomew Benjamin Bunting
Had only three passions in life, ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd Aeaefcfc Afafgggg ahahijij AhahiXiX AkakchcX gcgclklk
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100010010 11011001 110011110 01001101 111110010 110011011 111010110 11011001 01010010 11011001 010010010 01011001 111010010 01001101 1110011110 01011001 110110110 01011001 010010110 11111001 1110111010 01101101 0011011110 11001001 010110010 11101110 011010010 01001001 110110110 11101001 1010110010 11001001 01010010 01101001 011010010 11011001 110010110 01011010 111110010 11001001 110110110 11101001 1010010010 11111001 1011010010 11001011 010010010 110111100 010010110 01001001 110111110 11011111 110110010 11101001 1110010010 11001001
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 277
  • Average number of words per stanza: 47
  • Amount of lines: 56
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; and, that are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, she, an are repeated.

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