This is an analysis of the poem The Parrot And The Billy-Goat that begins with:
There were no romping children at Doctor Quibble's door;
Long past the silver wedding, no toys lay on the floor,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabB bbB ccdD ddD eXfF ffF ggfX ffF ccaA aaA eeff fff aahH hhH bbfFXffF
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,3,4,3,4,3,4,3,4,3,4,3,4,3,8,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 1011010110101 1101010111101 1001010010101 00110101010001 1010001 1010001 00110101010001 0101010110101 0101010110101 0101011110101 11010101110101 1110101 1110101 11010101110101 01010101011101 010101011011000 1101010110101 11000101010101 1110101 1110101 11000101010101 11010101011101 1101110010101 0101110110111 0101010101010100 1010101 1010101 01010101010101 1101110110111 1101010110101 1111110010111 11010101110001 1110001 1110001 11010101110001 11010100101001 1101010110101 01010100100101 110111111000101 11000101 11000101 110111111000101 0111010110101 0111010110101 0101010010101 11000101110101 1110101 1110101 11000101110101 0111100010101 01111100100001 1111011110101 01010101010101 1010111 1010111 01010101010101
- Amount of stanzas: 16
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 170
- Average number of words per stanza: 31
- Amount of lines: 56
- Average number of symbols per line: 48 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, family, of, pets, and, mule, educated, monkey, she, pet, be, star, each, ears, his, behind, hid are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words a, she are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines pets, laugh, mule, star, hole, ears are repeated).
The poet repeated the same words pets, laugh, mule, star, hole, ears at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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