This is an analysis of the poem Robert Fleming Gourley that begins with:

There came to Oxford Robert Gourley,
In his old ago his health was poorly ;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabb ccddbbee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110101010 0010101110 11010001 0010101 1110111 11010101 010110101 1010101 110110101 00100100 110100110 10101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 188
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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; his is repeated.

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

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