This is an analysis of the poem Merry Stories And Funny Pictures that begins with:
When the children have been good,
That is, be it understood,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbcc ccddee
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1010100 1000101 0111011 0111011 1110101 1010111 1010111 1111101 11100011 1011101 1111101 1010101
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 192
- Average number of words per stanza: 34
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- 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; good is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word good is repeated.
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