This is an analysis of the poem School Rhymes that begins with:

O academic muse that hast for long
Charmed all the world with thy disciples’ song,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbbb ccccccbbddbbbbeeffgghhii hhccii jjccbbkkgglleebbcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,24,6,18,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 1101011111 1101010101 1101011101 11001111101 1111011011 0101011101 0101010111 1101110101 0101010111 1101000101 11010101001 0111111101 11010010101 1101010101 1111010101 0011010101 1101001111 1001010011 1101010101 1101010111 0110010111 11001010111 11001101010 11010110110 1100010101 1101000101 1101110001 0101110110 1101010101 1101000101 1101010101 0101010101 1001011111 0001000101 10111100101 1101100101 111110111 1101010100 1011110101 1001000111 11001011101 1101110111 1111111101 1111011111 1011100101 1011000101 01010010001 0111110111 1111010101 10111010101 1111010101 1111010101 1100010101 1101000101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 476
  • Average number of words per stanza: 86
  • Amount of lines: 55
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; thy, that are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

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