This is an analysis of the poem On The Posteriors that begins with:

Because I am by nature blind,
I wisely choose to walk behind;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbbXccXdeXddffggeeddaahhbbbbiiaaffhhaaccee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 44,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01111101 11010101 11000101 11110111 11111101 11110110 10010101 01000101 11011110 11010101 11110110 010100110 11011111 11011101 11011111 11111101 110100110 111100110 11111110 01011001 11010111 01110101 01010101 110001001 010111001 11111101 110111001 01111111 10110101 11111011 11010111 01110111 11010111 01011111 11011100 11011111 11111111 11010101 01111101 11111101 10110111 01010001 01011101 01010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1457
  • Average number of words per stanza: 288
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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; i, my are repeated.

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