This is an analysis of the poem Fable Xlii. The Juggler that begins with:
A juggler long through all the town
Had raised his fortune and renown; ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbccddee bbaXddbbaa ffddbbggbb ddhhaaiidd ffddddddbb eeggeebbbb ddaaXXjjee ddhX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,10,10,10,10,10,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 010011101 11010101 11110101 01010101 11011101 010001001 11011001 01010101 10111111 10110111 11010101 11000101 010100111 010101010 11011111 11011101 010100001 11010101 01010101 11010101 11011111 01011101 110101001 110100111 11010111 01100101 11111101 01010010 11010111 11011111 110101010 1100101010 100100010 101101010 11011111 01010111 01010101 01110111 11010101 11010101 11010101 11110111 01100101 11010101 1100101001 11010001 11010101 11010001 01010011 110101001 11000101 11010101 11010111 10110101 1101101 11010101 11110101 10111001 01010101 10110101 01000101 11010101 11010101 11010101 01000111 110011100 11111111 11011101 010010101 00010101 11110101 11010111 11111101 110011111
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 340
- Average number of words per stanza: 62
- Amount of lines: 74
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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; his, he, she, her, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word he is repeated.
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