This is an analysis of the poem Disloyalty that begins with:

Pull down the old hut, d’ye say, girls,
That H.R.H. shan’t see...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXb acdc Xeae dfcf dgbg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011111 1111 01011101 01111011 11101010 111101 01110111 1110111 111101110 11101011 1010011001 1110101 0110100101 0100101 11110111 0101101 1011111 0110101 11111111 1101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 131
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; it, s, and, i are repeated.

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