This is an analysis of the poem With Dickens that begins with:

In Windsor Terrace, number four,
I’ve taken my abode—... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbdbbb aefeXghg ichcddbd gjgjfjcj dajakhbh XlXlbaia dcbcbkmX eXmcknXn kmfdXjoj kcochihi ocfcnbXb cccckiXi pfcfmkXk kiiXfcgc cjfjoddd dblbffif fcbcbele Xqiqfqjq cXjmcfjf jkikkaoa cckccccc cjrjjrhr abbbskXk XeXelrrrchchifff Xbdbiaha Xphpcbfbaeaelbjb eiji
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,16,8,16,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01010101 110101 01010001 010101 11110111 010101 10111001 110101 01010101 010101 01110101 110011 01100100 1111001 11010101 100101 10010101 111001 01110101 010101 01110011 010101 11110101 110101 11010011 111101 11010101 110101 11110111 010101 110011101 111101 01010101 110101 11001101 110111 11011111 110101 11110011 110001 101011101 11110 11110101 000111 11010101 110111 01010101 010101 110010101 111111 11110101 111101 10100111 100101 111100100 111101 11110101 110100 11011100 110101 01010111 110101 10010100 110101 01010101 110100 11010101 110101 1111010 1100101 11110101 0010111 01001101 111101 10111101 110101 11011111 111111 11010111 110101 11010011 110011 11010101 110101 11110111 111101 110111010 010001 11101101 110101 10110111 110101 11111101 010101 11011100 110111 11111110 110101 11111100 010111 11011100 010111 1101101 110111 11110100 110001 11110101 110111 11010111 111101 11111111 1111001 11111101 110111 01010101 010101 11010101 111100 11110101 110001 1100011 111001 11010101 001101 11010101 010101 01110101 010111 11010101 110011 11010111 011001 10011101 110101 10010101 110011 11110101 110101 10011001 111101 11011011 110101 01010001 000101 01111101 111100 11010100 010100 01010101 100101 11010100 111101 11010110 011111 1101011 11111 11011111 11101 11001101 111101 11111101 010101 1101101 011111 11111101 011101 1111011 11111 11000101 110111 01000101 110101 11110101 111111 11011101 110101 01010101 010111 01110101 011101 11110111 010101 01010101 110101 111111000 011101 010101100 110101 11110001 101101 11111101 1111001 11010101 011011 11011101 110101 11010101 110011 1100101 110111 11011100 110101 11110111 110111 01010100 0101011 11110101 111101 11011100 1101010 01010101 1101010 11010101 1100111 11010111 010001 11011101 010111 111010101 000101 11111111 110101 000101101 111001 11111111 111001 11110111 1000100 11010001 100101 111101010 110101 01011100 010001 11110100 110111 11010101 0100001 01001001 1101001 11010100 110101 100001100 110111 01100101 010111 11110111 110001 01001101 110101 11110101 011101 01011111 111101 110101001 110101 11110001 010101 10011111 101110 01010100 111111 11011101 010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 31
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 253
  • Average number of words per stanza: 49
  • Amount of lines: 266
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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; and, some, to, his, her, we are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words a, they, the, and, i, we are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines now is repeated).

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