This is an analysis of the poem A Boy And Watchmaker that begins with:

This watch my father did on me bestow,
A golden one it is, but 'twill not go,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabcddee X eeffcbgghhdd d ggffiiggff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,1,12,1,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 0111001101 0101001111 0100110100 1101110101 1111110111 1111111111 0111011111 1111011101 100 1110001101 1101010010 01010110100 1111011101 0100110100 1101010100 1111110001 1101010111 11111111001 11010101001 1111001001 1101111101 0100 0111000010 01001010101 0100010111 0100010001 1100110101 0010010101 11110110101 1111010101 01010110011 1101011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 259
  • Average number of words per stanza: 51
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; you, of, thy are repeated.

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