This is an analysis of the poem Cruel Frederick that begins with:
Here is cruel Frederick, see!
A horrid wicked boy was he;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbbbcc aaddeeccaa cccff fXeedd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,10,5,6,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10101001 01010111 11011101 11111101 11011101 11010101 11111101 11010111 01111101 11011101 11011101 11011101 11111111 11111111 10011101 11111111 11110101 01110111 110010101 01110111 01011101 11010101 11110101 10110101 11110111 110101001 11010111 01110111 11011101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 257
- Average number of words per stanza: 52
- Amount of lines: 29
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, to, he are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, he are repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase he connects the lines.
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