This is an analysis of the poem Bridegroom Dick that begins with:

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  • Rhyme scheme: X aaaaXbbcdab effeggaachchh iaia ajjhfhklfjkjjllaa XmmddnnceceadnhdnlbX opopllnnljl bihiqrqcchjhjsj iiihh ncehehhXcXXt aaa nXXhnopo qojqjqqslblpX pipqnnaggdhaelhsXccuouXjj hdidXi ddsrXraa snXnXlhllhddoX llalhslpspslslhclhndjjjjnhjjj pfXpfpmjlmiihddX aaee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,11,13,4,17,20,11,15,5,12,3,8,13,25,6,8,14,29,16,4,18,26,7,14,20,40,11,23,7,25,20,16,14,14,8,12,15,7,10,9,6,8,5,7,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 10010010101 101011011001 1101111001 11101101 1111101010 111111101 1100111101 01101111001 10 01111101 01 11101101101 10001101111 110001110001 101101011 10101011011 1010101011 1001011011 11101011 101011110001 100010110001 10111110101 1110111011 01101011111 1011011101 1110011011011 11010100111 010100100 10111011 01 11010110101 1001010011 1010101001 11100101001 011010010110 110110101 1 0101101011 1101101110 11010010100 10111110001 101111101 111110111 10101101111 11101011101 11011110 1 10101011001 11011110 1100101011 010111101 01011001101 1101101110 11110001001 101010111010 10110011011 111011111 1 11101001011 11001001011 1 10101110101 1100101101 010010111 10 1111111010 101101111 10111011010 1011100101 1111010101 11110111 01010010010 1001010010 1011111111 101111011 1 1011000110 1 1111101001 1 1100111011 101010111 101 11110001010 1001001110 0101100111 1 00100011110 1 10011011010 1 1100101111 11010101101 1011001011 1101101001 011010101101 111111101 10110111110 1 01101000111 1 1101001101 0110110011 11010011000 111011010 101011111 1101011010 11111101 110101110101 11010101111 1011100110 1110100101 100 0101100010 101 11101101 1010 0111101001 10 10010111101 011011110 1 111010111 1110101011 00101111011 101101001111 1100101010 1 01101101001 1011101101 1101101010 100 1001101011 1010110101 01 1100101011 01 1111111001 1101011111 1 1011111001 101010111011 1 01101111111 1 11010101001 1 10100010100 1 100101111 0111110101 01111101101 010111111010 1 1011111010 01 011011101001 011111101 1 101010001011 1 01101110010 100100010101 10111101011 111111101 101010100000 1 1110100100 1 1110111001 0101101101 101101111000 1 11101101010 101 1010110001000 1 110101001011 10001101011 1100011101 101 101001001011 10001011101 1001100010 110101111 111100010111 0011010101 01000101010 10010 01100101011 010101010110 1 110001010001 0110110010 1 0010010010 1001 1100011010 11 1011010010011 0111100001100 1 11000011010 11 1010001010 10 011011110 11 10010101 101 1100110111 01 101010000111 101 110110110101 11101110101 1010111010100 1 11100101011 11110100110 1 1000110001 1111111 11 0101010101 01010101001 1111110101 01011101011 1001011101 10011101100 111111001 110111111 11001110101 101010101001 11000110110 1 11101101101 1110111101 110110101 0111101011 01101001011 011010010110 10111100101 1 111010111010 001010110110 1 11101010001 10001101000 1 11001101010 11001110101 11011101101 10110100110 1 1010111111 1 1011101101 1100010011011 1 1011011101 1 1011011110 1 0111101101 0100101110 01 111101010 1 1101001101 1 01111011 1 101010101111 11011011011 1101100111 1011101111 111011100011 11101010101 10110110111 1111111010 01001101001 1100110111 11011011100 10 11010001111 1110011111101 101001010101 1 1010111010 011 111111010 111 101101110011 1000101101 01 101110010111 1101110001 1001110001 11110111110 110100110 10 1111111101 010101001 11111111101 1111001001 1010111000 1 011100110011 111111110 101111110 1100100100010 010010010101 101111101 1100111100 1 1111101101 11001011001 10010101001 110111110 10001010001 110101011 10 110001110101 110101101 0101010111 1010100101 1111111001 11000101101010 0110111 1010 1101011100 11011010101 0100011101 1 1110100110 1 100100110010 1101110101 1 10101001011 1000101001010 010110100010 01011000110 110 1101101010 10 110111110 10 101100111 1 1100101001 1100101011 1111111011 1111101001 010111010001 1011011010 1010100111 1110110111 1010101001 101010010 11 1010100101 1 100011011 01 101010110101 01 100101000110 1 1000111101 1 10111010001 010101100000 1 1101011011 1 0110101010 11 101110111 0100101001 1 0111010001 1 10111101000 1 1010001010111 101101001001 101000101110101 110001101001 011011010 010 0100110101010 010101101001 110101101001 10101011001 110101101 10 01011111001 010011010010 101011101101 010010011101 110110110 01 11000100111 11011001001 10100011010 01 110010010101 01001010101 01101011 10 1001001100 1001001011 1110100111 100 0100100001111 10110011010 111101110 110110110 10 11011101111 100100101 10 1101010011 01001011011 011010110 1 10001111000 1 011100101 01 01010 111 0100011111 11000110110 1 1101010101 01111011111 1101010111 1 010011111 11 10011110101 11111101101 111111101 010101111100 1010111101 101010010 10 1110101011 10 1011001101 1001101101 1101100101 1 0100100101 1 111001101 01010101010 100 10101010 1101101001 110111101 10 11011100 1 110101011 01101101 01 11101111 11 1111001001 1101101010 110010010110 1110100101 10 111111101 01 1100111001 1110101011 11 1101111101 1010011101 110101001 11011100 10110010101 1011101 1010001 110110101 0110101101 1011010110 101011011010 11110010110 01001010110 1110010111 1100001110 1111101110 1001010100 0111101110 10111010110 0110100110 1 0100101101 0110110010 010 101010110 10010100010 010110110010 110111110 1001101111 10110001110 1110100110 1 1111001101 1011011010 101110110 111010101 1001001101 101101101 1010 11001110101 1111011010 011010111 110010110010 110010111 10111010010 111011001 1 11110101011 101 10101011 101 001011010101 10001001011 1001000111 1001010111 010011011111 1 101010001010 10 1010100101 01 110001100101 10111001111 1110110110 1 11101011010 1 010101010101 10010101101 11101011010 1 11001011001 0100010101000 1 010101010101 101010011100 0100010110101 0111101101 0111001001 1101100101 1111111111 1 1101111110 0101110111 1 1111100110 01110010001 1111111101 1100101111 0110 1011011110 101 110101101 101 110111011 1 1101111110 0101111101 11111111 110111111 1
  • Amount of stanzas: 45
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 448
  • Average number of words per stanza: 81
  • Amount of lines: 584
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; me, and, o', his, ', we, in, to, never, where's are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words nor, but, where's are repeated.

    The author used the same words where, but, tom 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 me, ', him are repeated).

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