This is an analysis of the poem The King And Queen And I that begins with:

Oh, Scotty, have you visited the Picture Gallery,
And did you see the portraits of the King and Queen and me?... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xabbccdd aaee ffgg Xfaa hhff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 11011100010100 10110100011111 01011111010111 001111101010101 01010101010101 11010110010001 01010101111101 11010111110101 01010111100101 11110101111111 01001101100101 11011101011101 11011101111100 01011100011101 11111101110111 111010100010101 11110101011111 101010111010101 111110101010111 001110101010101 101110101010101 111111101110111 011110101010101 101110101010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 286
  • Average number of words per stanza: 58
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 59 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 12
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, we, strangers, two, to, other, i are repeated.

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