This is an analysis of the poem Haunted By Tigers that begins with:
NATHAN BEANS and William Lambert were two wild New England boys,
Known from infancy to revel only in forbidden joys. ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbcc ddeeff XcaaggeeXhffcciXddjjcXgg eekkccll mmffff llggll gggmmm aadd aaddccnnkkgg kkbbhhffddkkffaX kkiX ccddkXll ookkkkmmaaffffkkcciiaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,24,8,6,6,6,4,12,16,4,8,22,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101110100111101 101000101001001 1001000101011101 001010101000101 1110101001001101 111110100001101 111101101000101 111010101110001 110110101110101 111110101010101 101011111110101 101010100010101 101111100011101 101010100010001 111011101110001 101111101110101 111011101110101 111000100110001 111010101010001 101110111011101 101011111010100 101111101011101 111100101110101 011010101010101 101011001010101 110111010000101 1001011101010101 111010100010001 1110100101010101 101010101010101 101010101010101 1010010111110101 101011101010111 001010101110010 101111101010111 111010101010101 101010101010101 100010100011111 111010101010101 1010010110011111 111101111100101 101011011010101 111111111011011 101011101010101 1111111010110101 011010101110101 101110101010101 011011101010101 1111101001011010 101010100010111 101011101010101 101010110110111 111000101110101 10101010101001 1011101011110010 1010111111101010 101010101111101 111010101111101 101010101010111 1011101011100111 101111100010111 101001000110111 1111011101110001 111111101010011 111110101011111 101010111110101 111010101011101 101011101010101 111110101110101 1011101011100101 1011010101010001 101000101010011 1010101110101001 111010101010111 111111101010011 101110101111111 101011101110101 1011101010111001 111110101110001 11010100010111 111011101010101 1110001111010101 1110011101011111 110010101010001 1011010101110101 111011101010001 101011101100111 101010111010111 1011100011100101 111110101010101 111110101010001 111010100010001 1010010101010111 101011100010101 101011101010101 001000101010111 111000111110101 1111100101010101 101010101010101 001000101110111 111011101110101 1011100111011101 1110010100011111 101010101010100 111010100110101 111100101010001 111011101011101 1110101001011111 001100101010111 111010101010101 111011101010101 101010100110111 101010101010101 101110101110101 11101000101001 101010100010101 111111101010111 101010101010101 111110100010001 111010101111101 1111100101010101 101010100111001 111111100010101 111100101110011 101011101010001 111110101010101 101010101110101 101010100010101
- Amount of stanzas: 13
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 642
- Average number of words per stanza: 116
- Amount of lines: 128
- Average number of symbols per line: 64 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 12
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; they, and, with, on, side, for, of, he, in, his are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, that are repeated.
The author used the same word when at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases two, side, wrath connect the lines.
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- summary of Haunted By Tigers;
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