This is an analysis of the poem One Hundred And Three that begins with:

With the frame of a man, and the face of a boy, and a manner strangely wild,
And the great, wide, wondering, innocent eyes of a silent-suffering... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXbccbb ddaa aaaa eebb bbfg bbaa bbhh gfii ggXj aakk aall iibb ddee mmkX hhii aaii aall iiii ffbb jjee kXii kkbb XkkX ggaa eeee hhkk hhaa eekk kXbbaabb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0010011010011010101 1011100100100101001 001001101011100100 10101001011111011 1010100011010101 111011110100101011 11010010111010101 101011011111111011 1101001110011111 10110001010110101 10111101011011101 1111001011110101 1110110010101101 010111101010111 11010011110101101 10111001011100111 1101100100111101111 101111011111110101 10111001011110101 101010010011111011 0111110110100101 101010011111111101 1111111111111110 101011011110101010 111101001010101 0011111000100101010 00101101010101101 00101001010110101 011010100111101111 0110101111111011 01001101111010101 1111110111111101 01110010011111111 1111011011010101 0101101111001011 11010010110101001 110111101010111 1010010011110101010 1101111001011110 10101101010111101 111010010101001001 10110001010010101 1111011010010111 1010110111110111 110101111110111 10101101010011101 1111001110100101 1101101011110001 0101001111100101 0100101100111011001 010010111110110101 101010011110100101 11110111111110101 11001001010110101 101001011110010101 111111111110101 1111111001011111 111011001011111101 1111111111111101 110011110111101001 11011010111001011 110010101110111 0110011010110100101 1010111101101011011 110100101110110101 011001010011111001 11010111011110101 110101011111111 11001111110111001 1110100010110100101 1101110011010111 1111001100110101 110110110110111 11011011101001011 10111011110100101 101011010110101001 111111010100110101 111110110111111001 11101001011010101 11101010111111011 010010101111111 001010010111101001 10100101011100111 010110100110101101 01001101111011111 01001010110100101 1101011001010101 11001110110111001 001101100101001001 110000010100100101 110010100111101111 10111101111111011 01010111110100101 11111011011110101 001011010111101001 00101111111110110 1010010110110101011 111100101101011001 11110011100100101 11001011011010101 011101111010111 0010011010111100101 11111111011111101 00100111111011011001 1011001010011111 0101111011010111 01011001111011111 110110110011100101 1110110010111111111 010010101110101 111111111010100101 111001011110100101 1111111111110110 1010100100100101101 101001010110100111 011011010111001011 111011001100110101 101001011011101001001 1101001111011101 101011110011111011 101101101110100101 10101101001100111001 0111101111011111 1010110010011111011
  • Amount of stanzas: 29
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 312
  • Average number of words per stanza: 62
  • Amount of lines: 125
  • Average number of symbols per line: 72 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 14
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, of, he, on, there, i, to, it, lights, in, smug, its, they, their, ve, my, you, seen, with, be, gaol, your, look, criminal, man, not, must, we, for, crave, three are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words there, the, they, i, he, you, if are repeated.

    The author used the same words the, they at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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